fail

get worse

变得更糟

Her health is declining

她的健康在下降

stop operating or functioning

停止运行

The engine finally went

引擎终于发动了

The car died on the road

汽车在路上抛锚了

The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town

我们乘坐的公共汽车在进城途中抛锚了

The coffee maker broke

咖啡机坏了

The engine failed on the way to town

在进城的路上引擎失灵了

her eyesight went after the accident

事故发生后她的视力下降了

go bad

give way

die

give out

conk out

go

break

break down

prove insufficient

证明不足

The water supply for the town failed after a long drought

经过长期干旱，这个城镇的供水中断了

run out

give out

disappoint, prove undependable to

令人失望，证明是不可靠的

abandon, forsake

抛弃，抛弃

His sense of smell failed him this time

这次他的嗅觉不好

His strength finally failed him

他的力气终于耗尽了

His children failed him in the crisis

他的孩子在危机中辜负了他

betray

become bankrupt or insolvent

破产或无力偿债

fail financially and close

在财务上失败并倒闭

The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor

在竞争雇佣了廉价的墨西哥劳工后，这家玩具公司破产了

A number of banks failed that year

那一年许多银行倒闭了

fall short in what is expected

没有达到预期

She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law

她没有履行好儿媳的义务

We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust

我们不能辜负他对大屠受害者的义务

fail to get a passing grade

不及格

She studied hard but failed nrtheless

她努力学习，但还是失败了

Did I fail the test?

试不及格吗？

flunk

bomb

flush it

judge unacceptable

判断不可接受

The teacher failed six students

老师让六个学生不及格

be unsuccesul

不成功

Where do today's public schools fail?

今天的公立学校在哪里失败？

The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably

营救的企图惨遭失败

go wrong

miscarry

fail to do something

不能做某事

leave something undone

留下一些未完成的事情

She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib

她没有注意到她的孩子已经不在婴儿床上了

The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account

秘书没给顾客打电话，公司就把帐弄丢了

neglect

be unable

不能

I fail to understand your motives

我不明白你的动机