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

• He thinks because all our knowledge comes from experience, it's inherently fallible.
  他认为，既然所有的知识来自经验，那么这些知识本质上是很容易出错的。
• 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。
• No one is so fallible as your expert.
  再没有像所谓内行人那样容易错的了。
• Everyone is fallible to some degree.
  在某种程度上说每个人都难免犯错误。
• 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？
• Human reason is a fallible guide.
  人的理智会给人错误的指引。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。