"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"
"Where do today's public schools fail?" "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
"His sense of smell failed him this time" "His strength finally failed him" "His children failed him in the crisis"
"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"
"I fail to understand your motives"
"The teacher failed six students"
"She studied hard but failed nevertheless" "Did I fail the test?"
"She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law" "We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust"
"The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor" "A number of banks failed that year"
"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
"Her health is declining"
误 He failed following our advice.
正 He failed to follow our advice.
析 fail后面不接动名词,可接动词不定式,表示“未能干某事”。
虽然他一句话也不说,可是他心底里感到自己失败了。误 Though he didn't say a word, at heart he felt he was failed.
正 Though he didn't say a word, at heart he felt he had failed.
析 fail在此处用作不及物动词,不能用被动结构。
我所尝试的一切都失败了。误 I've failed to everything I've tried.
误 I've failed from everything I've tried.
正 I've failed (in) everything I've tried.
析 fail表示“在…方面失败”时可以用作及物动词,其后不用任何介词; 也可用作不及物动词,其后一般接介词in,不接to或from。
误 I shall bring you that book without failure.
误 I shall bring you that book without a fail.
正 I shall bring you that book without fail.
析 without fail是固定搭配,意为“一定,肯定”, fail前无冠词。
