failed

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)

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    failed

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • unable to meet financial obligations; failing

      a failing business venture

      v.

    • fail to do something; leave something undone; neglect

      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

    • be unsuccessful; go wrong, miscarry

      Where do today's public schools fail?

      The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably

    • disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; betray

      His sense of smell failed him this time

      His strength finally failed him

      His children failed him in the crisis

    • stop operating or functioning; go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down

      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

    • be unable

      I fail to understand your motives

    • judge unacceptable

      The teacher failed six students

    • fail to get a passing grade; flunk, bomb, flush it

      She studied hard but failed nevertheless

      Did I fail the test?

    • fall short in what is expected

      She failed in her obligations as a good daughter-in-law

      We must not fail his obligation to the victims of the Holocaust

    • become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

      The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor

      A number of banks failed that year

    • prove insufficient; run out, give out

      The water supply for the town failed after a long drought

    • get worse

      Her health is declining


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    fails|failed|failing
    syn.: decline fade flunk lose out neglect weaken

    ant.: succeed