fail to

1.The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.

医开的药没有见效。

2.Not surprisingly, he failed to convert her.

他没能使她改变法不奇怪。

3.The car failed to climb the hill.

这辆小汽车没能爬上山去。

4.They failed to deliver on their promises.

他没有履行他的诺言。

5.They failed to carry out the provisions.

他没有按照规定办事。

6.They failed to carry out their objectives.

他没有实现自己的目标。

7.They failed to win the requisite twothirds majority.

他未能赢得所必须的2/3 多数票。

8.The rise in share prices failed to materialize.

股价没有上涨。

9.However, this failed to produce the desired effect.

但是这没有产预期的效。

10.England are in danger of failing to qualify.

英格兰队有失去比赛资格的危险。

11.The police failed to ferret out the truth.

警察未能查明真相。

12.The builders failed to meet their contractual obligations.

建筑商没能履行合同中规定的义务。

13.I fail to see the bearing of that remark.

我不明白那句话的真意何在。

14.This book fails to give what the blurb describes.

这本书不像该书护封上所描绘的那样好。

15.We failed to inculcate students with love of knowledge.

我未能通过谆谆教诲使热爱知识。

16.She was reprimanded for failing to do her duty.

她因失职而遭到了训斥。

17.Diplomacy secured the cooperation that confrontation had failed to elicit.

圆滑的外交手段加强了采用对抗无法实现的合作。

18.He had failed to prepare adequately for the task before him.

他没有为面临的任务做充分的准备。

19.The new striker failed to make an immediate impression on the team.

新的足球前锋没能立即为球队发挥作用。

20.An educational system which fails to teach basic arithmetic is seriously deficient.

一个沒教基础算术知识的教育体制是有严重缺陷的。