fail

n.
1. failure失败。
△H.VIII.1.2. 144:“How grounded hehis title to the crown / Upon our fail ?” i.e. upon myfailure to have children,upon my death without issue.倘若我没有后嗣，他凭什么就说他有权利继承王位？
2. failure缺乏。
△H.VIII.2.4.195 (198): “I weighedthe danger which my realms stood in / By this myissue’s fail，”i.e. my failure of issue (probably: deathof issue). 我考虑由于我没有后嗣而使我的国家所陷入的危机。

fail[feil]

v.&n. 失败，失灵 （效），不及格，出故障，衰退，减弱，破产，倒闭，歉收，缺少
◇ fail in 在…方面失败，（衰退）/ fail to 没有，不能
without fail 必定，务心，准确无误地
‖ doomed to failure 注定失败
fail data 失效数据
fail in a great undertaking on the verge of success 功败垂成
fail in an entrance examination 落榜
fail in an imperial examination 落第
fail in expectation 行情与预期相反
fail monitor 故障检测仪
fail position 未交付头寸
fail to declare 漏报
fail to deliver 未能交割
fail to receive 未能按期收讫
failed adj.已失败的
failed bank 破产银行
failed dive失败的跳水动作
failed hole 已失效的炮眼，死炮眼
failed lift 试举失败
failing n. 缺点，短处，不足，失败
adj. 衰退中的，失败的
prep.如果没有 （缺少） / failure n. 失败，失效（灵），事故，故障，破产
failure button 故障按钮
failure condition 破坏条件
failure detection 故障探测
failure flag 故障旗
failure mechanism 破坏机理
failure monitor故障检测仪
failure of bank 银行倒闭
failure rate 不及格率
failure theory 破坏理论
failure to maintain 未尽抚养之义务
failure to make discovery 疏于披露
failure to make payment 未付款
failure warning indicator 故障警告器