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

Everyone is fallible to some degree.
在某种程度上说每个人都难免犯错误。
While they may be sincere, they are human beings and therefore their truth is a product of a fallible human mind, and therefore incomplete.
虽然他们这么说是认真的，但他们只是人类，所以他们的真理也只是不可靠的人类思维的产物，因此是不完整的。
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。
So foolish was the best choice, there is no choice most not fallible method.
那么装傻就是最好的选择，这是没选择时最不易犯错的方法。
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。
No one is so fallible as your expert.
再没有像所谓内行人那样容易错的了。
A story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.
它不是一部十全十美的民族发展史，但它是一部在伟大和永恒理想指导下几代人团结奋斗的历史。
Were the verdict unanimous, it would still be imperfect and fallible, if it did not receive the papal approbation.
被判决一致，它将仍然是不完善的和犯错误，如果没有得到教皇的赞许。
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。
None are so fallible as those who are sure they're right.
没有人像那些坚信自己一定正确的人那样容易犯错误。