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

• Human beings, by our very nature, are fallible.
  人，因我们最原始的本质，都是会犯错的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Doctors are also fallible, and it is understandable that they would not want to make the final decision about when death should occur.
  医生也是容易犯错误的。他们在何时死亡的问题上不愿做最后决定也是可以理解的。
• 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。
• No one is so fallible as your expert.
  再没有像所谓内行人那样容易错的了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。