This is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect: people who don't know much tend not to recognize their ignorance, and so fail to seek better information.

这种现象被称为达克效应(Dunning - Kruger effect)：一知半解的人们比较不容易意识到自己的无知，所以不去寻求更好的信息。

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Me? Fail? I don't think so.

我？失败？我可不这样认为。

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He dug deep into the darkness, hitting the steel so hard that his body began to fail him.

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So you may take this course ultimately via pass-fail or letter grade and I am more than happy to chat with you about the implications and to sign any paper work such as the stack here that you might need.

你可能希望这门课采用及格-不及格分制或者分数制,我很乐意跟你聊下,两个打分制各自的含义,也可以帮你在这里签到。

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I don't want you to get all frustrated and fail to show what you know, so here are a couple of tips.

我不希望你受到挫折,由于失败而不能体现你所知道的，因此这儿有一些小提示。

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Why did Ryan so fail to impress?

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Prof Blom conceded that "all hips fail" so some would fail regardless of whether they were metal-on-metal or combination.

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Although curry chefs could be said to possess skills not found here, many may not speak English, and so would fail the language tests now being imposed.

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