1not succeed不成功ADVERB | VERB + FAIL | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADVERB➤dismally, miserably慘敗◇I tried to cheer her up, but failed miserably.我試圖讓她振作起來,結果卻碰了一鼻子灰。➤spectacularly驚人地失敗◇She came up with several plans that failed spectacularly before finally achieving success.她想出了幾個方案,但都功敗垂成。➤never從未失敗◇That joke never fails.那個笑話屢試不爽。VERB + FAIL➤cannot不可能失敗◇The song can't fail to be a hit (= will definitely be a hit).這首歌定會一炮而紅。➤can hardly幾乎不會失敗▸➤be bound to, be destined to, be doomed to必然會/命運決定要/注定會失敗◇an enterprise that was doomed to fail from the start從一開始就注定會失敗的事業PREPOSITION➤in在⋯方面失敗◇Doctors are failing in their duty if they do not warn their patients of the dangers.如果醫生不提醒病人注意種種危險,那就是失職。PHRASES➤try and fail嘗試並失敗◇Others have tried and failed.其他人試過,卻失敗了。fail
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2fail to do sthnot do sth未做ADVERB➤completely, totally徹底/完全沒有做到◇The authorities have totally failed to address this problem.當局完全沒有處理這一問題。