fail, miss
这两个词都可以作“不成”解。它们的区别在于:miss通常要搭用动名词短语; 而fail通常要搭用动词不定式。例如:
The squirrel was lucky that it missed being caught.那个松鼠很幸运,恰好没有被抓住。
I have failed to catch the train.我没有搭上那班火车。
下面三句意思相同:
John failed to pass the examination.
John failed in the examination.
John failed the examination.
约翰考试没有及格。
下面两句意思不同:
Mr. Hansen failed to come this morning.
汉森先生今天早晨没有来成。
(原因也许是客观的)
Mr. Hansen didn't come this morning.
汉森先生今天早晨没有来。
(原因多半是主观的)
This book fails to give what the blurb describes.
这本书不像该书护封上所描绘的那样好.
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One possible solution, if all else fails, is to take legal action.
如果其他办法都不行，还有一种可能是提起诉讼。
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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。
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Farmers are angry because the rise fails to keep pace with inflation.
农民们很气愤，因为提价赶不上通货膨胀。
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They have a generator when the electricity fails.
他们有一台发电机，以备停电时所需。
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There is a supplementary water supply in case the rain supply fails.
万一主水源断了,我们另外有供水的地方.
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Keep some candles as a standby in case the power fails.
预备一些蜡烛以防断电.
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If all else fails, I will take the offensive.
如果其他方法不行, 我将采取攻势.
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Where love fails , we espy all faults.
一旦失恋,缺点易见.
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Typhoid fever sneaks in when sanitation fails.
环境卫生搞不好,伤寒就会乘虚而入.
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The spleen - qi fails to send up nutrients.
脾气不升.
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He fails in courage.
他不够勇敢.
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If this round of talks fails, the world's trading environment is likely to become increasingly hostile.
如果这一轮谈判破裂了，世界贸易环境可能会变得越来越糟糕。
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The company sends a service engineer to fix the disk drive before it fails.
公司派了一位维修工程师前去修理磁盘驱动器,以免其出故障.
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His production of Harold Pinter's play fails to impart a sense of excitement or danger.
他所执导的哈罗德·品特的剧作没能表现出紧张、危险感。
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