莉兹的本意是把它当作笑话来讲的，但没成功。

Liz meant it as a joke but it fell flat.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

骗子想骗取他的钱，可是没成功。

The swindler tried to baffle him out of his money, but in vain.

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她想尽一切办法想拿到它，但没成功。

She tried everything to get them but noting worked.

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If we cut down that grain you don't eat this winter.

如果成功,你们在冬天就没吃的了

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

And nobody knows, nobody believes that we can cut spending, right? -Somebody down the road has to pay the bills Somebody down the road has to pay the bills, either by cutting spending, cutting benefits or raising taxes.

而几乎没人相信,政府能够成功节流，不是吗？，-那总得,有人来埋单啊,迟早要有人来为此埋单的，要么精简政府开支，削减福利，要么增税。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

The mediocre person answers only 30% of the questions correctly admits that he has only average grades he worked on the yearbook as a proofreader and he tried out for the track team but didn't make it.

后者回答正确30%的问题,坦白学习成绩一般,给年刊做校对,尝试参加校田径运动队，但没成功。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选