fail-safe

• adj. 自动防故障装置的
• n. 自动防故障装置

1. guaranteed not to fail;

"a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle"

2. eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction;

"a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident"

a fail-safe device/mechanism/system

故障保护装置 / 机械装置 / 系统

牛津词典

The camera has a built-in failsafe device which prevents it from working if the right signals aren't received.

照相机有内置自动防故障装置，该装置确保相机在未接到正确信号时不会启动。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Because of the fail safe construction track occupied could mean: track not determined free.

考虑故障安全结构,轨道占用的含义为: 轨道未被确认为空闲.

期刊摘选

Although the legal framework for commerce is important , it is fail safe, as many consumers know.

尽管商业活动的法律机制很权威, 但如许多人所知, 它并不能保证交易完全安全.

期刊摘选

The trainborne, fail safe, ETCS computer.

车载设备, 故障安全的ETCS计算机.

期刊摘选

It is becoming accepted practice that jet aircraft must " fail safe " .

喷气式飞机必须有故障 安全装置,这已经逐渐成为公认的常规.

期刊摘选

Fail safe center position.

失败安全中心的地位.

期刊摘选

fail, 失败。safe, 安全，防止失败。

1. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。

来自金山词霸 每日一句

2. Many of Britain's beaches fail to meet minimum standards of cleanliness.

英国许多海滩连最起码的卫生标准都达不倒。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The various elements of the novel fail to cohere.

这部小说的各部分之间缺乏连贯性。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Those who fail incline to blame the world for their failure.

那些失败者往往将他们的失败归咎于社会。

来自柯林斯例句

5. This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks.

这座宏伟的教堂一定会让你止步赞叹。

来自柯林斯例句

fail-safe (adj.)

also failsafe, fail safe "safe against failure," 1945, originally in reference to aircraft construction, from fail (v.) + safe (adj.). The novel about a nuclear attack caused by mechanical error is from 1962.