He tried but failed to speak the dead woman's name.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

What was the key step that I said I needed to do on Friday but failed very publicly to do so?

至关重要的一步，我将在本周五跟大家细细道来,如果我很嚣张地失败了怎么办？

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

But he failed the test and he's very disappointed.

但他最后还是没有通过，于是他挺沮丧的。

I'm sure 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He tried to pick one up,but failed.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

The newspaper article just told the story of a home owner who had subscribed to this company in the past but failed to renew his subscription.

这则新闻对一个房主进行了报道,他曾经是这家公司的会员,但没有去续费。

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

James led the Cavaliers to the best record in the NBA the past two seasons, but failed to deliver a finals berth.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

But they lost a large part of their emotional capacity and as a result, their rationality failed.

但是他们失去了大部分情感能力,结果，他们失去了理性。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

U.S.envoy George Mitchell met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but failed to achieve a breakthrough on a halt to Jewish settlement expansion.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Goodbody & Company was a broker, but it failed in 1970, it went bankrupt.

古德巴迪公司就是经纪商,不过在1970年破产了

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Two weeks later, four more would-be bombers tried, but failed to attack underground trains.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

This was not only true of his experience at home, but of his failed efforts to turn Dionysius' kingship in Sicily into a successful example of philosophical rule.

这不仅验证于他的国内经历，也验证于他无力,助迪欧尼修斯将西西里王权,转为成功之哲学统治的过往。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The show had 22 nominations, but failed to live up to its promise.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

So the basic idea was fine, but I failed to satisfy the initial condition that the answer had to be between the lower bound and the upper bound. Right?

因此基础的思想是对的，但是程序没能满足,正确答案在给定的区间内这个条件,对不对？

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

South Korean parliamentary opponents of a major free-trade deal with the United States got physical in a committee hearing room, but failed to prevent the deal from advancing toward ratification.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Barro said President Obama spoke at length about the death toll from the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington but failed to address how many people have been killed by U.S.troops in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

But people who knew her said failed marriages, and the failure of her latest movie also led to her death.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

But the country has been split in half since a failed overthrow in two thousand two led to armed conflict.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

His boat crossed the Antarctic Circle in three places, but he still failed to sight land.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

But the violence and threats by insurgents failed to stop millions of Iraqis from voting.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

But having forced President Johnson out of office, McCarthy failed to win the nomination.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

But they could not prove their charges, and their effort failed by one vote.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But,during the past three years, some have failed to fly south.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

But the Senate failed in the effort by one vote.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

But he never failed to write his newspaper column.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

But attempts to negotiate a peace treaty failed.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

That invasion failed. But the second one succeeded.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

But Mister Blackwell's business there failed.

VOA: special.2010.09.12

But in the end Rommel's attack failed.

VOA: special.2011.06.02

But all my experiments failed.

VOA: special.2009.07.25