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

• They are only human and all too fallible
  他们只不过是普通人，太容易犯错误了。
• 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。
• People began to realize that their leaders were not "heavenly chosen" but merely fallible human beings just like themselves.
  人们开始意识到他们的领袖并非是“神授”的，而只是一些也有可能失误的凡夫俗子，与他们自己毫无二致。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• The inevitable result is a call for more automation to take fallible humans out of the picture entirely.
  不可避免的结果是，进一步提高自动化程度、让容易犯错的人类彻底出局，成为人们的呼声。
• 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。
• Human memory being as fallible as it is.
  人的记忆本身可能有差错。