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fail-safe

/feyl-seyf/US // ˈfeɪlˌseɪf //

故障安全,失效安全,失效安全型,故障保险

Related Words

sound声音,声响,音响,音效confident有信心,有自信,有信心的,有把握covered涵盖了,涵盖,覆盖,覆盖的foolproof万无一失,万无一失的,傻瓜式,傻瓜式的protected受保护的,受到保护的,受到保护,受保护reliable可靠的,可靠,可靠性,可靠地secure安全,安全的,稳固的sure确信,肯定的,确信的,肯定reliant可靠的,依赖,依靠,依赖的safeguarded受保障的,有保障的,得到保障的,受保护的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
    • : equipped with a secondary system that insures continued operation even if the primary system fails.
    • : of, relating to, or designating a system of coded military controls in which bombers dispatched to a prearranged point as part of a standard operating procedure cannot advance farther without direct orders from a designated authority and cannot have the nuclear warheads they carry armed until they have passed their prearranged point.
    • : guaranteed to work; totally reliable: a fail-safe recipe for a cheese soufflé.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the point beyond which the bombers cannot go without specific instruction; the fail-safe point.
    • : something designed to work or function automatically to prevent breakdown of a mechanism, system, or the like.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    fail-safed, fail-saf·ing.

    • : to make fail-safe.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.guaranteed not to fail
Synonyms
sound声音,声响,音响,音效confident有信心,有自信,有信心的,有把握covered涵盖了,涵盖,覆盖,覆盖的foolproof万无一失,万无一失的,傻瓜式,傻瓜式的protected受保护的,受到保护的,受到保护,受保护reliable可靠的,可靠,可靠性,可靠地reliant可靠的,依赖,依靠,依赖的safeguarded受保障的,有保障的,得到保障的,受保护的secure安全,安全的,稳固的sure确信,肯定的,确信的,肯定

Examples

  • The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.

  • And it must make sure that the platform of debate where we can freely exchange ideas is safe and sound.

  • They called for peace, reconciliation, and the safe return of Father Gregorio.

  • Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.

  • Diets not only fail to make us thinner, they also fail to make us healthier in the long term.

  • A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.

  • The governor of the fortress was provided with a safe residence in Egypt, and an annual pension of 75,000 piasters.

  • Could this be the safe old house in which childish days had passed, in which all around were always friendly and familiar faces?

  • It would make everyone careful, of course, but I fail to see any grievance in that.

  • The truth is, it is not safe to trot down such mountains and hardly to ride down them at all.

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