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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can a computer be programmed to be cunning yet fallible?
  一台计算机能被设定的既狡猾又易犯错误吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are only human and all too fallible
  他们只不过是普通人，太容易犯错误了。
• He thinks because all our knowledge comes from experience, it's inherently fallible.
  他认为，既然所有的知识来自经验，那么这些知识本质上是很容易出错的。