They act as if they will succeed when they know they will fail.

VOA: special.2010.01.10

And she gets nothing if they fail to coordinate and so on and so forth.

如果协调失败了她就没有收益

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

And if we fail, they will denounce us.

如果我们失败了，会遭到谴责。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

If I fail,no one will say, 'She doesn't have what it takes,' They will say, 'Women don't have what it takes.'" She made these comments in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington,D.C.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

"We could succeed in Afghanistan and if the Pakistani government does not put its own house in order they could fail in their counter-insurgency anyway,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

He says if we fail, then they are free to continue the drone attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26