The government has failed to reverse the economic decline.

政府未能扭转经济滑坡的趋势。

《牛津词典》

The government's attempt to kick-start the economy has failed.

政府刺激经济的努力失败了。

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Unfortunately the new software has failed to meet expectations.

遗憾的是新软件并不理想。

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The report says international law has failed to protect coral reefs and the tropical fish that live among them from collectors.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Now never mind that our own experience with virgins has failed to afford us such a spectacle of bodily transformation.

没有关系，如果我们关于贞操的知识,之前未能告诉我们如此壮观的身体转换。

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Frost describes it here, movingly, as, well, an image of a home that is lost, of a home that has failed.

弗罗斯特动情地描述了那栋房子，一个丧失了家的房子的画面，和一个失败的家庭。

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And finally, despite having been on notice multiple times, Khartoum has failed to stop the violence.

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Having become disillusioned with the company, the market has failed to notice how much it has changed.

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Steroids can also be used to treat certain medical conditions when physiology has failed.

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