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

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。
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 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。
While they may be sincere, they are human beings and therefore their truth is a product of a fallible human mind, and therefore incomplete.
虽然他们这么说是认真的，但他们只是人类，所以他们的真理也只是不可靠的人类思维的产物，因此是不完整的。
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。
A story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.
它不是一部十全十美的民族发展史，但它是一部在伟大和永恒理想指导下几代人团结奋斗的历史。
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。
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。
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。
Everyone is fallible to some degree.
在某种程度上说每个人都难免犯错误。