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。
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。
Human beings, by our very nature, are fallible.
人，因我们最原始的本质，都是会犯错的。
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。
The indubitable fact that our perception of material objects is fallible does not entail that it is inferential.
我们对于物质事物的知觉难免有错这一不容置疑的事实并不导出我们的知觉是推论出来的。
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。
All believers, including the clergy, are fallible human beings who are prone to all types of sin.
所有的信徒，包括神职人员，都是可能会犯各种类型的罪的普通人类。
If you're looking at this charitably, you might say that everyone's fallible, and the subjective element cannot be eliminated entirely.
如果你看这个好里，你可能会说，每个人的过错，主观因素是不能完全排除。
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。