fail to

Not surprisingly, he failed to convert her.

没能使她改变看法并不奇怪。

The prescribed medicine failed to take effect.

医生开药没有见效。

The car failed to climb the hill.

这辆小汽车没能爬上山去。

They failed to deliver on their promises.

没有履行诺言。

They failed to carry out the provisions.

没有按照规定办事。

They failed to carry out their objectives.

没有实现自己目标。

England are in danger of failing to qualify.

英格兰队有失去比赛资格危险。

However, this failed to produce the desired effect.

但是这并没有产生效果。

The police failed to ferret out the truth.

警察能查明真。

They failed to win the requisite twothirds majority.

能赢得所必须2/3 多数票。

The rise in share prices failed to materialize.

股价没有上涨。

I fail to see the bearing of that remark.

我不明白那句话真意何在。

The builders failed to meet their contractual obligations.

建筑商没能履行合同中规定义务。

We failed to inculcate students with love of knowledge.

我能通过谆谆教诲使学生热爱知识。

This book fails to give what the blurb describes.

这本书不像该书护封上所描绘那样好。

She was reprimanded for failing to do her duty.

她因失职而遭到了训斥。

Diplomacy secured the cooperation that confrontation had failed to elicit.

圆滑外交手段加强了采用对抗无法实现合作。

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

没有为面临任务做充分准备。

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

司机急忙踩住刹车, 但没有及时把车停住。

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

新足球前锋没能立即为球队发挥作用。