fail /feil/
Meaning
English definition
- (v.) fail to do something; leave something undone
- (v.) be unsuccessful
- (v.) disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
Chinese translation
- vi. 失败, 缺乏, 中断, 衰退, 失灵
- vt. 忘记, 使...失望, 缺乏, 不及格
- n. 不及格
Word details
- Part of speech
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /feil/
- Syllables
- 1
- Exam levels
- Middle-school · Gaokao
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.61 · Rare
Word forms
failed, failing, fails
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