| 词组 | fail |
| 释义 | 1．fail 用作名词只用在 without fail 中，作“一定不误地、必定”解，用在命令和允诺句里，如 Let me know without fail 和 I will let you know without fail。不可把 fail 改作 failing 或 failure。 2．fail 用在不定式前面有时作“不成功”解，有时作“不……”解，如 He failed to obtain the information he had applied for 和 He failed to come that evening。在作“不成功”解的时候可以把那不定式改作 in 和动名词。例如：He failed in obtaining the information he had applied for. 在作“不……”解的时候不可把那不定式改作 in 和动名词，如不可说 He failed in coming that evening。 3．He failed in the examination 和 He failed in Latin 都是正常的英语。下面各句里的 failed 用作及物动词，是美国学校里的用法： He failed the examination. He failed Latin. The professor failed him in Latin。 4．failed 用作形容词作“已失败的”解在美国比在英国普通，如a failed author 和a failed firm。 5．下面两句语法不同，意思也往往不同： His arrival failing, I shall write again. His arrival failing 是独立结构，通常作“因为他不到”解，但也可作“假使他不到”解。 Failing his arrival, I shall write again. Failing 从现在分词转用作介词，Failing his arrival 通常作“假使他不到”解，但也可以作“因为他不到”解。 |
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