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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Human memory being as fallible as it is.
  人的记忆本身可能有差错。
• 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。
• 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。
• Can a computer be programmed to be cunning yet fallible?
  一台计算机能被设定的既狡猾又易犯错误吗？
• No one is so fallible as your expert.
  再没有像所谓内行人那样容易错的了。