| get worse; "Her health is declining"
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| stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
同义词：go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down,
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| prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
同义词：run out, give out,
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| disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"
同义词：betray,
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| become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"
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| fall short in what is expected; "She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law"; "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
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| fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
同义词：flunk, bomb, flush it,
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| judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"
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| be unsuccessful; "Where do today''s public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
同义词：go wrong, miscarry,
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| fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
同义词：neglect,
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| be unable; "I fail to understand your motives"
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| 1. | The reason why he failed was his laziness .
他失败的原因就是他懒惰。
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| 2. | When hard tactics failed , soft methods were used .
硬的不行来软的。
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| 3. | He failed like so many before him .
像他前面的许多人一样，他失败了。
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| 4. | Tom failed but his sister got through .
汤姆不及格，但他妹妹及格了。
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| 5. | His courage failed him at the last moment .
他在最后一刻失去了勇气。
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| 6. | I fail to see the bearing of that remark .
我不明白该批评真意何在。
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| 7. | Poor old fellow, his mind is failing .
可怜的老头儿，有点老胡涂了。
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| 8. | His failing had little to do with me .
他的失败与我并没有多大关系。
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| 9. | You will fail unless you bestir yourself .
你必须努力，否则就要失败。
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| 10. | I will be there at two o'clock without fail .
我两点钟一定到那里。
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