failed

adj.

1. 失败的；不成功的
   not successful
   1. a failed writer
      不成功的作家
   2. a failed coup
      流产政变

1. VERB 失败;未能够;未做成
   If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it.
   1. The Workers' Party failed to win a single governorship...
      劳工党连一个州长职位也未能赢得。
   2. He failed in his attempt to take control of the company...
      他试图掌控公司，但以失败告终。
   3. Many of us have tried to lose weight and failed miserably...
      我们中很多人都努力要减肥，无奈均以惨败告终。
   4. The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really.
      事实上，我真的是个很失败的喜剧作家。
2. VERB (活动、尝试、计划等)失败，不成功
   If an activity, attempt, or plan fails, it is not successful.
   1. We tried to develop plans for them to get along, which all failed miserably...
      我们试图计划让他们好好相处，但均以惨败告终。
   2. He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail...
      他担心他们发起的大变革会遭遇失败。
   3. After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.
      在一次军事进攻失败之后，所有政府军和警察均从岛上撤离了。
3. VERB 没有做，未做(应做的事)
   If someone or something fails to do a particular thing that they should have done, they do not do it.
   1. Some schools fail to set any homework...
      有些学校没有布置任何作业。
   2. He failed to file tax returns for 1982...
      他没有呈报 1982 年的纳税申报单。
   3. The bomb failed to explode.
      炸弹没有爆炸。
4. VERB 出故障;失灵
   If something fails, it stops working properly, or does not do what it is supposed to do.
   1. The lights mysteriously failed, and we stumbled around in complete darkness...
      灯不知怎么地不亮了，我们在一片黑暗中跌跌撞撞地走着。
   2. In fact many food crops failed because of the drought.
      实际上，因为干旱，很多粮食作物歉收。
5. VERB (企业)倒闭，破产;(机构)解体;(体系)崩溃
   If a business, organization, or system fails, it becomes unable to continue in operation or in existence.
   1. So far this year, 104 banks have failed.
      今年到目前为止，已有 104 家银行倒闭。
   2. ...a failed hotel business...
      破产的酒店
   3. Who wants to buy a computer from a failing company?
      谁愿意从一家要倒闭的公司买计算机呢？
6. VERB (健康状况、体质等)衰弱，虚弱，衰退
   If something such as your health or a physical quality is failing, it is becoming gradually weaker or less effective.
   1. He was 58, and his health was failing rapidly...
      他 58 岁，身体正在迅速衰老。
   2. Here in the hills, the light failed more quickly...
      在山区这儿，天黑得更快。
   3. An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader.
      明显的记忆力衰退对一个国家领导人来说极为不利。
7. VERB 辜负;使失望
   If someone fails you, they do not do what you had expected or trusted them to do.
   1. We waited twenty-one years, don't fail us now.
      我们等了 21 年了，如今不要让我们失望。
   2. ...communities who feel that the political system has failed them.
      对此套政治体制感到失望的群体
8. VERB 不履行，未尽(职责)
   If someone fails in their duty or fails in their responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do.
   1. Lawyers are accused of failing in their duties to advise clients of their rights...
      律师们被控未尽到告知当事人其正当权利的职责。
   2. If we did not report what was happening in the country, we would be failing in our duty.
      如果我们没有报道这个国家正在发生的事情，我们就没有尽到自己的责任。
9. VERB (品质或能力)有负于;(使)不如愿;不够
   If a quality or ability that you have fails you, or if it fails, it is not good enough in a particular situation to enable you to do what you want to do.
   1. For once, the artist's fertile imagination failed him...
      这位画家丰富的想象力曾一度枯竭。
   2. Their courage failed a few steps short and they came running back.
      还差几步他们却胆怯了，又跑回来了。
10. VERB 不及格
    If someone fails a test, examination, or course, they perform badly in it and do not reach the standard that is required.
    1. I lived in fear of failing my end-of-term exams.
       我总是担心期末考试不及格。
    2. Fail is also a noun.
       
    3. It's the difference between a pass and a fail.
       这是及格和不及格的差别。
11. VERB 评定…不及格;使不及格
    If someone fails you in a test, examination, or course, they judge that you have not reached a high enough standard in it.
    1. ...the two men who had failed him during his first year of law school.
       在法学院一年级时让他不及格的两个人
12. PHRASE 如果其他一切都不奏效的话;假如其他都行不通
    You say if all else fails to suggest what could be done in a certain situation if all the other things you have tried are unsuccessful.
    1. If all else fails, I could always drive a truck.
       如果其他都不行，我总还可以开卡车。
13. PHRASE (用以表示不赞成)不明白，看不出
    You can use I fail to see or I fail to understand in order to introduce a statement which indicates that you do not agree with what someone has said or done.
    1. That's how it was in my day and I fail to see why it should be different now.
       我那时候就是这样的，我搞不懂为什么现在非要弄得不一样。
14. PHRASE 总是;一直
    You use without fail to emphasize that something always happens.
    1. He attended every meeting without fail.
       他逢会必到。
15. PHRASE (用以强调命令或承诺)一定，必须
    You use without fail to emphasize an order or a promise.
    1. On the 30th you must without fail hand in some money for Alex...
       30 日那天你必须替亚历克斯交一些钱。
    2. Tomorrow without fail he would be at the old riverside warehouse.
       明天他一定会在河边的旧仓库里。

1. Time and again political parties have failed to tackle this issue.
   各个政党处理这个问题时都屡屡失败。
2. He failed to make radio contact.
   他未能进行无线电联络。
3. I failed in my career as a writer of fiction entirely because of deficiencies in the education system.
   我的小说作家生涯失败了，原因完全是因为教育体制的缺陷。
4. He failed in his attempt to take control of the company
   他试图掌控公司，但以失败告终。
5. The truth is, I'm a failed comedy writer really.
   事实上，我真的是个很失败的喜剧作家。
6. After a failed military offensive, all government troops and police were withdrawn from the island.
   在一次军事进攻失败之后，所有政府军和警察均从岛上撤离了。
7. Their courage failed a few steps short and they came running back.
   还差几步他们却胆怯了，又跑回来了。
8. Then the pigeons flew into thick fog, and the famous homing instinct failed.
   然后鸽子飞进了浓雾中，其闻名的归巢本能丧失了。
9. Norman's efforts to impregnate her failed.
   诺曼想使她怀孕的努力失败了。
10. He had again failed to keep his word.
    他又食言了。
11. The company failed to learn any lessons from this experience.
    公司未能从这次经历中吸取任何教训。
12. He failed to identify Graham from photographs, but later picked him out of a police line-up.
    他没能从疑犯照片中指认出格雷厄姆，但后来在警方安排的列队辨认中把他挑了出来。
13. 'First City' joined a long list of failed banks.
    “第一城市银行”加入了一长串破产银行之列。
14. Officials failed to pass vital information to their superiors
    官员们没有将重要信息汇报给他们的上司。
15. All the attempts to petition the Congress had failed
    所有向国会请愿的努力均告失败。
16. He received more of the blame than anyone when the plan failed to work
    计划失败后，他受到了比别人更多的指责。
17. Attempts to resurrect the ceasefire have already failed once
    为再次停火作出的努力已经失败了一次。
18. His courage failed him at the last moment.
    他在最后一刻失去了勇气。
19. My legs failed me and I wasn't able to run the last lap.
    我这腿不争气，最后一圈跑不动了。
20. The prisoners attempted to escape but failed.
    囚犯们企图逃跑，但是失败了。
21. He failed in his attempt.
    他的企图成了泡影。
22. His efforts at solving the problem failed.
    他企图解决这一问题的努力失败了。
23. All their attempts at reaching the summit failed.
    他们攀登顶峰的一切尝试都失败了。
24. But for your help, I might have failed.
    假如没有你帮忙，我兴许会失败。
25. I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries.
    我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。
26. This thing has failed.; This thing is lost.
    这事漂了。
27. This time, I failed my examination completely.
    这次，我可真考砸了。
28. He had three tries and failed each time.
    他试了三回，每回都失败了。
29. Words failed me when I met my long-lost brothers.
    当我和失散已久的兄弟见面时，我激动得说不出话。
30. He failed after all.
    他还是失败了。