fail-safe

• adj. 自动防故障装置的
• n. 自动防故障装置

fail, 失败。safe, 安全，防止失败。

fail-safe (adj.)

also failsafe, fail safe "safe against failure," 1945, originally in reference to aircraft construction, from fail (v.) + safe (adj.). The novel about a nuclear attack caused by mechanical error is from 1962.

1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。

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2. Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.

英国许多海滩连最起码的卫生标准都达不倒。

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3. The various elements of the novel fail to cohere.

这部小说的各部分之间缺乏连贯性。

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4. Those who fail incline to blame the world for their failure.

那些失败者往往将他们的失败归咎于社会。

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5. This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks.

这座宏伟的教堂一定会让你止步赞叹。

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