中英惯用短语:
  • n.  他为赚钱而耍的花招儿看来都要失.   All his little schemes for making money seem to come to grief
  • adj.  他们三番五次失後情绪非常低落.   Repeated failure had left them feeling very dejected
  • adj.  他们仍在为决赛失而伤心.   They're still smarting from their defeat in the final
  • n.  他们以为能在选举中轻易取胜, 但事情往往会功垂成.   They think they'll win the election easily, but there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
  • v.  他们尽管多次失, 但仍有很强的战斗力.   In spite of many defeats, they still had plenty of fight left in them
  • n.  他们的失败不足为奇.   Their defeat caused little surprise, ie was expected
  • v.  他们眼看著就要失了.   Defeat was staring them in the face, ie seemed certain
  • adj.  他们竟然失了, 真没想到. surprisingly adv   It's surprising they lost.
  • n.  他们要是失了也不足为奇.   I wouldn't be surprised if they lost, ie I rather expect them to lose
  • n.  他们长期斗争终告失.   Their long struggle ended in failure
  • n.  他初次上阵即击了冠军而一鸣惊人.   He marked his debut by beating the champion
  • n.  他可以算作失的那一类人吗?   with the failures?
  • n.  他可能失败.   The odds are against him, ie He's unlikely to succeed
  • n.  他哥哥的失冲淡了他自己成功的喜悦.   His brother's failure took the edge off his own success
  • v.  他因失而把牙咬得咯咯响.   in frustration
  • v.  他在国际象棋比赛中一涂地.   He has been soundly defeated at chess