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单词 fail-safe
释义
fail-safe
adjective
uk
/ˈfeɪ.l.seɪf/us
/ˈfeɪ.l.seɪf/
veryunlikelytofail:
万无一失的，万全的
a fail-safeplan万无一失的计划
If something is fail-safe, it has beendesignedso that if onepartof it does notwork, thewholething does notbecomedangerous:
可自动防止故障危害的；有自动保险装置的
a fail-safedevice故障保护装置
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Safe and secure
(Definition offail-safefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fail-safe| American Dictionary

fail-safe
adjective
us/ˈfeɪlˌseɪf/
designedso that if onepartof adevicedoes notwork, thewholethingstopsworkingtoavoidadangeroussituation
(Definition offail-safefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffail-safe

fail-safe
However, in order to make this component robust, production rules consisting offail-safepredicates were also added to the grammar.
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Likewise, the meaning of a 'morefail-safe' pension system is interesting and open to interpretation.
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Consequently, the treatment process is subject to multiple checking systems and equipmentfail-safemechanisms throughout every aspect of the process.
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Both were forced to guaranteefail-safephysical security in the early 1980s in order to persuade retailers to invest in the projects.
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If thefail-safemechanism comes to be routinely exploited, the indirection does become functional.
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However, glycine is also an abundant dietary amino acid so it would not make much sense for it to fulfill such afail-safefunction.
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Most tendons consist of multiple fascicles, which is thought to be afail-safemechanism so that failure of one or more fibre bundles does not compromise the tendon strength.
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This is normalfail-safepractice.
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Although lactation would have reduced the chance of a woman becoming pregnant anyway, it was far fromfail-safe, so some other form of birthcontrol may also have been used.
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Perhaps two agonists provide afail-safemechanism.
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I am a former railwayman, and, believe me, the "fail-safe" concept was drummed into us.
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They fail to placefail-safesystems round the caustic soda tanks, somebody leaves the valve on and as a result thousands of fish die.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There will now be afail-safeprocedure to ensure that such signals do not go astray.
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It is crucial to examine the extent to which such personal and professional resources are co-ordinated to ensure a comprehensive andfail-safenetwork of care.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Although it is not afail-safeor a guarantee, in the end a postal ballot comes nearer to that ideal.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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