1. Much to our annoyance, he failed to keep his appointment.
    他失约了, 这使我们非常恼火。

2. Maggie´s parents were perturbed when they learned she had failed two subjects.
    麦姬的父母知道她两科不及格时感到很不安。

3. My ruse failed.
    我的计谋落空了.

4. Martin Seligman of the University of Pennsylvania advised the Metlife insurance company to hire a special group of job applicants who tested high on optimism, although they had failed the normal aptitude (才能) test.
    宾夕法尼亚大学的马丁·塞利格曼建议梅特莱夫保险公司雇用一批特别的求职者，他们经测试证实有很乐观的心态，虽然在一般能力测验上不及格。

5. But Latham failed to get up early enough.
    但莱瑟姆那天起床晚了。

6. One evening, however, he failed to arrive.
    可是，有一天晚上，它出去后再也没回来。

7. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
    然而有一次，它却把时间报错。

8. Our leaders had failed to see that the emphasis on symbol manipulation at IIT left little room for social thought and much scope for the greedy outcomes of capital-driven business.
    我们的领导人没有看到，当印度技术学院在重视计算机编程的时候，几乎没有留下任何空间让学生们去关心社会, 却给受资本驱使的企业的贪欲留下了极大的空间。

9. I invoked his forgiveness many times, but failed to move him .
    我好几次请求他的原谅，但一点也无法打动他。

10. It failed to stimulate a surge of investment in industry.
    这没能促使工业投资激增。