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

• 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。
• 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。
• Everyone is fallible to some degree.
  在某种程度上说每个人都难免犯错误。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are only human and all too fallible
  他们只不过是普通人，太容易犯错误了。
• The tax revenue data, while not beyond reproach, is less likely to be distorted as it is counted as the funds flow into the exchequer, not by more fallible survey techniques.
  税收数据虽然也遭到了人们的责问，但它失真的可能性较低因为它是依据流入国库的资金流计算得出的，而不是基于更易出现错误的调查技巧。
• Politicians seem to be more fallible than the average run of mankind.
  政客们似乎比平常人更容易犯错误。