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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Human beings, by our very nature, are fallible.
  人，因我们最原始的本质，都是会犯错的。