• vi. 失敗，不及格；破產；缺乏；衰退
• vt. 不及格；使失望；忘記；舍棄
• n. 不及格
• n. (Fail)人名；(葡、捷)法伊爾；(法)法伊

來自拉丁語fallo, 欺騙，陷落，詞源同fallacy, false, fault. 進一步來自PIE*ghwel, 欺騙。引申詞義被騙，失敗。

fail

fail: [13] Fail, fallacy [15], fallible, false, and fault all come ultimately from the same source – the Latin verb fallere. This originally meant ‘deceive’, but it developed semantically to ‘deceive someone’s hopes, disappoint someone’, and in its Vulgar Latin descendant *fallīre this meaning had progressed to ‘be defective, fail’. English acquired the word via Old French faillir. Its Anglo-Norman form, failer, came to be used as a noun, and is the source of English failure [17].
=> faliacy, fallible, false, fault

fail (v.)

c. 1200, "be unsuccessful in accomplishing a purpose;" also "cease to exist or to function, come to an end;" early 13c. as "fail in expectation or performance," from Old French falir "be lacking, miss, not succeed; run out, come to an end; err, make a mistake; be dying; let down, disappoint" (11c., Modern French faillir), from Vulgar Latin *fallire, from Latin fallere "to trip, cause to fall;" figuratively "to deceive, trick, dupe, cheat, elude; fail, be lacking or defective." Related: Failed; failing.

Replaced Old English abreoean. From c. 1200 as "be unsuccessful in accomplishing a purpose;" also "cease to exist or to function, come to an end;" early 13c. as "fail in expectation or performance." From mid-13c. of food, goods, etc., "to run short in supply, be used up;" from c. 1300 of crops, seeds, land. From c. 1300 of strength, spirits, courage, etc., "suffer loss of vigor; grow feeble;" from mid-14c. of persons. From late 14c. of material objects, "break down, go to pieces."

fail (n.)

late 13c., "failure, deficiency" (as in without fail), from Old French faile "deficiency," from falir (see fail (v.)). The Anglo-French form of the verb, failer, also came to be used as a noun, hence failure.

1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

努力過，失敗過，沒關系，屢戰屢敗，屢敗屢戰，每一次失敗都比上一次更好。

來自金山詞霸 每日一句

2. Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.

英國許多海灘連最起碼的衛生標準都達不倒。

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3. The various elements of the novel fail to cohere.

這部小說的各部分之間缺乏連貫性。

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4. Those who fail incline to blame the world for their failure.

那些失敗者往往將他們的失敗歸咎于社會。

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5. This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks.

這座宏偉的教堂一定會讓你止步贊嘆。

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