fallible

英 [ˈfæləbl]

美 [ˈfæləbl]

adj.  会犯错误的

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BNC.21514 / COCA.24585

牛津词典

adj.

• 会犯错误的
  able to make mistakes or be wrong
  1. Memory is selective and fallible.
     记忆有选择性而且会出错。
  2. All human beings are fallible.
     人人都难免犯错误。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 可能出错的;会犯错的
  If you say that someone or something isfallible, you mean that they are not perfect and are likely to make mistakes or to fail in what they are doing.
  1. They are only human and all too fallible...
     他们只不过是普通人，太容易犯错误了。
  2. The system has proved fallible time after time...
     时间一次又一次证明,这个系统是会出错的。
  3. Human reason is a fallible guide.
     人的理智会给人错误的指引。

英英释义

adj

• likely to fail or make errors
  1. everyone is fallible to some degree
• wanting in moral strength, courage, or will
  1. I'm only a fallible human
  2. frail humanity
  Synonym:frailimperfectweak

双语例句

• "False start, ben Johnson jumps the gun." Human beings are only fallible.
  起跑犯规，本·约翰逊抢跑。人类本身易犯错误。
• The more fallible a politician seems to be, the more honest people think he is.
  一个政治家看上去越易犯错，人民就越认为他诚实。
• The inevitable result is a call for more automation to take fallible humans out of the picture entirely.
  不可避免的结果是，进一步提高自动化程度、让容易犯错的人类彻底出局，成为人们的呼声。
• Everyone is fallible to some degree.
  在某种程度上说每个人都难免犯错误。
• Human beings, by our very nature, are fallible.
  人，因我们最原始的本质，都是会犯错的。
• Human memory being as fallible as it is.
  人的记忆本身可能有差错。
• Now, I do realize that physicians are fallible human beings.
  现在，我也知道医生是会犯错误的人。
• Doctors are also fallible, and it is understandable that they would not want to make the final decision about when death should occur.
  医生也是容易犯错误的。他们在何时死亡的问题上不愿做最后决定也是可以理解的。
• These are recollections; like all memories, they may be fallible at the margins.
  这些都是回忆；像所有的回忆一样，一些细节性的东西或许不可靠。
• They are only human and all too fallible
  他们只不过是普通人，太容易犯错误了。