fail

US: /ˈfeɪɫ/

UK: /fˈe‍ɪl/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

fail /feil/
  • danh từ
    • sự hỏng thi
    • người thi hỏng
    • without fail
      • chắc chắn, nhất định
  • nội động từ
    • không nhớ, quên
      • don't fail to let me know: thế nào anh cũng nhớ tin cho tôi biết
    • yếu dần, mất dần, tàn dần
    • không đúng, sai
      • the prophecy failed: lời tiên đoán sai
    • thiếu
      • to fail in respect for someone: thiếu sự kính trọng đối với ai
    • không thành công, thất bại
    • trượt, hỏng thi
    • bị phá sản
    • không làm tròn, không đạt
      • to fail in one's duty: không làm tròn nhiệm vụ
      • to fail of one's purposes: không đạt mục đích
    • hỏng, không chạy nữa
    • ngoại động từ
      • thiếu, không đủ
        • time would fail me to tell: tôi sẽ không đủ thời giờ để nói
        • words fail me: tôi không đủ lời để nói hết được, tôi không thể tả hết được
        • the wind failed us: (thuyền) chúng ta hết gió
      • thất hẹn với (ai); không đáp ứng được yêu cầu của (ai)
        • his memory fails him: trí nhớ của anh ta kém lắm rồi
      • đánh trượt (một thí sinh)

    Advanced English dictionary

    verb, noun
    + verb
    not succeed
    1 ~ (in sth) to not be successful in achieving sth: [V] I failed in my attempt to persuade her. + Many diets fail because they are boring. + a failing school + [V to inf] She failed to get into art college. + The song can't fail to be a hit (= definitely will be a hit).
    not do sth
    2 to not do sth: [V to inf] He failed to keep the appointment. + She never fails to e-mail every week. + I fail to see (= I don't understand) why you won't even give it a try. + [V] He felt he would be failing in his duty if he did not report it.
    test / exam
    3 to not pass a test or an exam; to decide that sb/sth has not passed a test or an exam: [VN] He failed his driving test. + The examiners failed over half the candidates. + She was disqualified after failing a drugs test. + [V] What will you do if you fail?
    Antonym: PASS
    of machines / parts of body
    4 [V] to stop working: The brakes on my bike failed half way down the hill.
    of health / sight
    5 [V] (especially in the progressive tenses) to become weak: Her eyesight is failing. + His last months in office were marred by failing health.
    disappoint sb
    6 [VN] to DISAPPOINT sb; to be unable to help when needed: When he lost his job, he felt he had failed his family. + She tried to be brave, but her courage failed her. + (figurative) Words fail me (= I cannot express how I feel).
    not be enough
    7 [V] to not be enough when needed or expected: The crops failed again last summer. + The rains had failed and the rivers were dry.
    of company / business
    8 [V] to be unable to continue: Several banks failed during the recession.
    + noun
    the result of an exam in which a person is not successful: I got three passes and one fail.
    Idioms: without fail
    1 when you tell sb to do sth without fail, you are telling them that they must do it: I want you here by two o'clock without fail.
    2 always: He writes every week without fail.

    Thesaurus dictionary

    v.
    1 not succeed, be unsuccessful, miss, miscarry, misfire, fall short (of), fall flat, fall through, falter, be (found) lacking or wanting, be defective, be deficient, be or prove inadequate, come to grief or naught or nothing, go wrong, abort, meet with disaster, founder, run aground, Colloq flop, fizzle (out), go up in smoke, flunk:
    Guy Fawkes's plot failed utterly. Gloria failed her history examination.
    2 let down, disappoint, forsake, desert, abandon, neglect, ignore, slight:
    I was really counting on Mary, but she failed me.
    3 decline, peter out, dwindle, diminish, wane, deteriorate, weaken, decay, fade or die (out or away), disappear, flag, ebb, sink, languish, give out; gutter, go out:
    His health is failing. The light failed, leaving us in darkness.
    4 go bankrupt, go out of business, go under, go into receivership, become insolvent, close up shop, close up or down, cease operation(s), Brit go to the wall, US file for Chapter Eleven, Colloq fold (up), go bust or broke, US drown in red ink:
    According to the statistics, hundreds of businesses fail every week.

    Collocation

    1 not succeed

    ADV.

    dismally, miserably
    I tried to cheer her up, but failed miserably.
    | spectacularly
    The show didn't just fail, it failed spectacularly.

    VERB + FAIL

    cannot/could not, can/could hardly
    The song can't fail to be a hit (= will definitely be a hit).
    | be bound to, be destined to, be doomed to
    an enterprise that was doomed to fail from the start

    PREP.

    in
    Doctors are failing in their duty if they do not warn their patients of the dangers.

    2 fail to do sth: not do sth

    ADV.

    totally
    The authorities have totally failed to address this problem.


    Concise dictionary

    fails|failed|failingfeɪl
    verb
    +fail to do something; leave something undone
    +be unsuccessful
    +disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
    +stop operating or functioning
    +be unable
    +judge unacceptable
    +fail to get a passing grade
    +fall short in what is expected
    +become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close
    +prove insufficient
    +get worse

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