This is why repeated attempts at reform legislation have failed in recent years, leaving the Postal Service unable to pay its bills except by deferring vital modernization.

这也解释了为什么近年来邮政署屡次试图改革立法，却都以失败而告终，使邮政署到了不迟至关重要的现代化进程就无法支付账单的地步。

Talks for prolonging the treaty had failed under Donald Trump.

在唐纳德·特朗普执政期间，有关条约的谈判以失败告终。

The government failed to regulate and supervise the financial system.

政府没有对金融体系进行监管和监督。

The couple failed to bridge the chasm between them.

这对夫妇未能跨越他们之 间的鸿沟。

One evening, however, he failed to arrive.

可是，有天晚上，它出去后再也没回来。

Many people finally failed because of their giving up in the midway.

很多人最终失败完全是因为他们中途放弃了。

A person who strikes out or goes down swinging attempted something but failed.

个人strikes out或goes down swinging，是说此人尝试做某事但却失败了。

In danger of being speared on the end of an umbrella by a bearded giant, Uncle Vernon's courage failed again; he flattened himself against the wall and fell silent.

弗农姨父怕被这个大胡子巨人的伞头戳伤，又泄气了，紧不再说话了。

Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year — a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.

考虑到目前美国接近50%的离婚率，缺乏沟通会导致美国每年数百万起的离婚案例——这实质上就是不良沟通引发的流行病。

But a tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim.

但这种艺术形式商业化使得多数设计师都无法正确处理好外界的褒奖，无法从中真正获益。

However, the FDA says companies failed to show how the technology is supported by science.

但是，美国食品和药物管理局表示，这家公司未能表明这项技术是如何得到科技支持的。

The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past.

这个概念就是说人们已经很难观察得到大范围海洋中发生的变化，因为他们只是回顾从过去以来相对短的时间。

You can also evade responsibility for something you failed to do.

你也可以逃避自己做事失败的责任。

I failed to do my due diligence, that's all.

我没有尽到应尽的责任 仅此而已。

Until now, reconciliation attempts have repeatedly failed.

此前，双方对于和解的尝试再失败。

In some important ways, my generation has failed you in this regard.

在些重要的领域，我们这代人辜负了你们。

My marriage had just ended, and I was humiliated by that failed commitment.

我的婚姻破裂了，我失败的婚姻让我感到羞辱。

Nevertheless, around the world, would-be baby tinkerers have failed to get the memo.

但在世界各地，想成为婴儿工匠的人并没有获得谅解备忘录。

Dubai is home to about 13,000 restaurants, but I failed at scratching the culinary surface.

迪拜有大约13000家餐厅，但我连皮毛都没尝到。

A crisis ensued when Kabila failed to organize timely elections and step down.

当卡比拉未及时组织选举而下台，场危机也随之而来。