1·He won't allow himself to fail.
他不容许自己失败。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·She was fearful that she would fail.
她生怕失败。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Adoption can fail for all kinds of reasons.
收养可能因为各种各样的原因失败。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·He was afraid the revolution they had started would fail.
他担心他们发起的革命会失败。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·The project could fail if there is inadequate follow-through.
如果缺少恰当的后续行动，该项目可能失败。
—— 《牛津词典》
1·One is that traditional measures fail to reflect service-sector productivity growth because it has been concentrated in improved quality of services.
一是传统的衡量方法未能反映服务业生产率的增长，因为它集中在服务质量的提高上。
2·Too many corporate boards fail in their two crucial responsibilities of overseeing long-term company strategy and of selecting, evaluating, and determining appropriate compensation of top management.
太多公司的董事会未能履行其监督公司长期战略和选择、评估和决定高级管理人员适当薪酬这两项关键职责。
3·Two-thirds of candidates fail at this first hurdle and are sent home.
2/3的候选人未能通过这第一关，被打发回家了。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Counterparty risk-the risk that the one of the parties in a financial contract will fail to deliver-is an obvious phenomenon in the real world, but tends to be ignored in textbooks.
交易双方风险，是指在金融交易中，交易双方的其中一方未能交割引发的一种风险。这在现实世界中是个明显的现象，但教科书里往往会遗漏掉。
5·The deserters are resourceful, but can't handle thinking ahead; they bicker and squabble and fail to come down off the fence (help the women, or kill them?) until it's almost too late.
两个逃兵可谓机智但缺乏长远之计，他们争论不休，却迟迟未能定夺到底是帮助这些女人还是杀掉她们。