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

• 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。
• Theological knowledge cannot be fallible: it must be beyond doubt.
  神学知识是不容出错的：它必须是不容怀疑的。
• 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？
• "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。
• This just proves that everybody is fallible.
  这证明了每个人都难免犯错。
• These results show just how hard it is to effectively interview, and how fallible we can be when making interview judgments.
  这些结果显示了有效面试的难度有多大，在对面试者做判断时我们有多容易犯错。
• No one is so fallible as your expert.
  再没有像所谓内行人那样容易错的了。
• They are only human and all too fallible
  他们只不过是普通人，太容易犯错误了。
• Human reason is a fallible guide.
  人的理智会给人错误的指引。