fail to do与fail in doing详解

作者：任雪（高考志愿填报专家）发布时间：2025-02-16 07:00:47 阅读44次

在探讨志愿填报的策略时，我们常需精准理解各种概念，今天就来聊聊“fail to do”与“fail in doing”这两个英语短语的区别。

核心区别

“fail to do”表示未能做某事，强调的是事情尚未发生或未能成功执行。而“fail in doing”则侧重于在尝试过程中失败，强调的是事情已经发生但结果不如意。 2

fail to do的具体应用

当我们说“He failed to catch the first train.”时，意味着他没能赶上第一班火车，这里的重点在于他尝试但未成功。同样，“People seem to fail to take into account the fact that education does not end with graduation.”这句话表明人们似乎没考虑到教育不止于毕业的事实，也是指人们未做到这一点。 3

fail in doing的具体应用

“He has been failing in health for the last two years.”这句话描述的是他的健康状况在近两年来一直在衰退，强调的是健康状态持续不佳的结果。而在提到作业未完成时，我们会说“She failed in doing her homework.”，这里的“fail in doing”强调的是作业未完成的状态。 4

详细对比表格

短语	含义	例句	应用场景
fail to do	未能做某事	He failed to catch the train.	描述尝试但未成功的情况
fail in doing	在尝试过程中失败	She failed in doing her homework.	描述已经尝试但结果不如意的情况
...	...	...	...
fail to graduate	未能毕业	Many students fail to graduate on time.	学业完成情况的描述
fail in business	生意失败	He failed in his business venture.	描述商业活动的失败