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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Were the verdict unanimous, it would still be imperfect and fallible, if it did not receive the papal approbation.
被判决一致，它将仍然是不完善的和犯错误，如果没有得到教皇的赞许。
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。
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？