1.The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.

1.医生开的药有见效。

2.Not surprisingly, he failed to convert her.

2.他能使她改变看法并不奇怪。

3.The car failed to climb the hill.

3.辆小汽车能爬上山去。

4.They failed to deliver on their promises.

4.他有履他的诺言。

5.They failed to carry out the provisions.

5.他有按照规定办事。

6.They failed to carry out their objectives.

6.他有实现自己的目标。

7.They failed to win the requisite twothirds majority.

7.他未能赢得所必须的2/3 多数票。

8.The rise in share prices failed to materialize.

8.股价有上涨。

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

9.但是并有产生预期的效果。

10.England are in danger of failing to qualify.

10.英格兰队有失去比赛资格的危险。

11.The police failed to ferret out the truth.

11.警察未能查明真相。

12.The builders failed to meet their contractual obligations.

12.建筑商能履中规定的义务。

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

13.我不明白那句话的真意何在。

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

14.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.

15.我未能通过谆谆教诲使学生热爱知识。

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

16.她因失职而遭到了训斥。

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

17.圆滑的外交手段加强了采用对抗无法实现的作。

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

18.他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.

19.新的足球前锋能立即为球队发挥作用。

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

20.一个沒教基础算术知识的教育体制是有严重缺陷的。