fail to

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。

Leeds failed to recapture the form which had swept them to the title.

利兹未能找回曾经使他们飞黄腾达的那张表格。

The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.

医生的有见效。

They failed to win the requisite twothirds majority.

他们未能赢得所必须的2/3 多数票。

The rise in share prices failed to materialize.

股价有上涨。

Even the surrender of half of Europe failed to glut Hitler's ambition.

即使是半个欧洲的投降也不能满足希特勒的野心。

Not surprisingly, he failed to convert her.

他能使她改变看法并不奇怪。

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

新的足前锋能立即为队发挥作用。

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。

The speaker failed to put his ideas over clearly enough so that some misunderstanding arose.

"发言者有把自己的观点解释得十分清楚,因而引起了一些误解。"

Two members were booted out for failing to pay the money they owed.

两名会员由于付欠款而被。

The builders failed to meet their contractual obligations.

筑商能履行合同中规定的义务。

I fail to see the bearing of that remark.

我不明白那句话的真意何在。

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。

However, this failed to produce the desired effect.

但是这并有产生预期的效果。

The councilor's proposal didn't succeed because his argument failed to carry conviction.

那个议员的议不受欢迎, 因为他的论据有说服力。

England are in danger of failing to qualify.

英格兰队有失去比赛资格的危险。

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

他有为面临的任务做充分的准备。

The police failed to ferret out the truth.

警察未能查明真相。

The driver clapped on the brakes but failed to stop in time.

司机急忙踩住刹车, 但有及时把车停住。