Failed
作定语时 “a failed experiment” 指未达预期;政治里 “failed state” 为术语。作动词表示考试、系统、尝试未成功。
- “The first launch was a failed attempt, but the second succeeded.” (首次发射失败,第二次成功。)
- “He felt like a failed artist until his work finally sold.” (作品终于卖出前,他觉得自己像个失败的艺术家。)
- “The backup system failed during the outage.” (停电期间备用系统失灵了。)
古法语 faillir(不足、失败)源自拉丁语 fallere(欺骗、使失望),与 “fault” 有远缘关系。
动词 “fail” 加过去分词 “-ed”;作前置定语形容状态。
“Failed” 作标签可能伤人,写作与口语中有时改用更中性的 “unsuccessful”;新闻标题为简洁仍常用 “failed”。
- 固定搭配: “failed attempt” (失败的尝试), “failed state” (失败国家;政治学术语)
- 动词: fail;名词: failure
fail(失败)+ ed → 已经「没做成」的状态。
“The team reviewed every failed prototype to learn what went wrong.” (团队复盘每个失败原型,弄清问题出在哪。)