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Definition of fail-safe in English: fail-safeadjectiveˈfeɪlseɪfˈfeɪl ˈˌseɪf 1Causing a piece of machinery to revert to a safe condition in the event of a breakdown or malfunction. （机械）故障安全的；有安全保障的 a forklift truck with a fail-safe device 装有安全保障装置的铲车。 Example sentencesExamples - Systems in a reactor work in fail-safe mode, which means that the failure of a system will lead to a safer mode of operation.
- If the potential human and economic costs are high enough, engineers who work with floodwater alleviation systems always design them with some sort of fail-safe mechanism.
- The other thing we had noticed when Sally had come in to have the warning light checked out was that the transmission was always stuck in third gear, or fail-safe mode.
- With modern systems that relied more on fail-safe electronic units than on mechanical devices that could break down or malfunction at any time, flying had become a lot safer these days.
- The Tangara trains are equipped with a number of fail-safe devices, including one known as a deadman's brake.
- Eyewear of the appropriate optical density is worn when using devices not equipped with fail-safe mechanisms.
- Since that time the device has gone through rigorous testing to develop tamper-resistant and fail-safe systems.
Synonyms dependable, safe, tried and tested, well built, well engineered, good 2Unlikely or unable to fail. 万全的，不会失败的 there is no guaranteed fail-safe procedure Example sentencesExamples - The good news is that having your teeth professionally whitened is not only affordable, which should last a lifetime with occasional top-ups - it is also a simple, noninvasive and virtually fail-safe procedure.
- For the uninitiated, most ground forces still employ a final fail-safe method for testing the air before giving the ‘all clear’ message to soldiers wearing their gas masks.
- I'm violently opposed to taking that on, but somehow I do believe that government will have to have a fail-safe protection on that piece of the retirement expense.
- Check the software to verify if it has fail-safe and recovery procedures.
- It's pretty fail-safe, but you still have to pay attention to what you're doing.
- She wants not only clearer labelling but also a fail-safe device which would make it impossible for a drug to be wrongly administered.
- We need more certainty about bias, some dependable, fail-safe test.
- While sensible, it is not a fail-safe precaution.
- The major motivation of new collectors seems to be the perception that art is a fail-safe investment, like a government guaranteed tax-free fixed deposit with spectacular interest rates.
- There were fail-safe steps in place, and they didn't work.
- But should the worse-case scenario happen, Robert teaches women some fail-safe moves which would disable an assailant.
- If you're getting mixed signals, give the subject this fail-safe test on a piece of paper.
- That is wise, but it seems to me the most fail-safe way to protect a corporate network from viruses is to prevent their entrance into the system in the first place.
- In the main this system works well, but it is not entirely fail-safe.
- It's a cheap one, and does not seem to have some form of fail-safe opening-from-the-outside device, for people that have forgotten their keys.
- Columbia was the first spacecraft to disintegrate on re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere - and the results, in falling debris, were a shocking lesson to the engineers responsible for fail-safe planning.
- As a result of the impact of failure, aerospace systems have greater redundancy and fail-safe requirements.
- The campaign also has two back-up credit card transaction systems in place (one built in-house and one by a consultant) for high traffic periods and as a fail-safe procedure.
- And there is no fail-safe way to prevent people from gaining access to semi-automatic weapons - without banning them from the public at large.
- They also see prompts as a means for new users to teach themselves to use a device in a fail-safe manner.
nounˈfeɪlseɪfˈfeɪl ˈˌseɪf usually in singular A system or plan that comes into operation in the event of something going wrong or that is in place to prevent such an occurrence. 安全保障系统（或计划） stewards positioned around the track as a fail-safe 为确保安全在赛道周围的监管员。 Example sentencesExamples - A large fund was set up with a set of strict guarantees and fail-safes to provide the stream of income required for the maintenance of my crypt.
- There are just so many fail-safes that you have to build in, because you only get one chance, and the cameras of the world are on you.
- We obviously have a great understanding of the system and there are numerous fail-safes, but it does get sporty.
- Before he ever reached another catatonic state, emergency fail-safes would activate.
- As an example, if you order a server from the company, when the order is submitted fail-safes within the system will alert us if a mistake has been made and won't allow the server to be configured incorrectly.
- There's gonna be a lot of fail-safes put in place between state, local and federal law enforcement agencies.
- Ramirez sat down, and typed in his personal code, overriding the General's fail-safes and security measures as he retook control of the automated defence systems.
- It has never really disappeared from our wardrobes, but the blazer, once a conservative fail-safe, is now the latest in casual chic.
- The fail-safes on the program alert us when something gets neglected.
- Scary enough, but the researchers also found that the corrupted system's self-analysing fail-safe would itself sometimes fail to detect the anomaly.
- I have my master plan set, as well as fail-safes in position as well.
- Elements of information on the certificate are placed in a particular way so as to act as a fail-safe against any crude counterfeit efforts.
- In addition, all federally funded prevention materials would be required to include information warning people that condoms are not 100 percent fail-safe.
- A small auxiliary throttle is used as a fail-safe should the system fail, to control fuel tank ventilation, and to improve cold starts.
- While no one is saying anything for certain - and even though the company has some corruption fail-safes built into its software, the inkling seems to be that it is probably some kind of software glitch.
- Right now, he sees you as some kind of fail-safe that he can rely on.
- Many shooters don't understand the purpose of such a dual action, assuming that the pump mechanism is a fail-safe against a malfunction with the semiauto mode.
- But, as I imagine it was meant to do, it was also reassuring to see what fail-safes and other options exist in even the direst circumstances.
- I imagine there were fail-safes against something like that.
- The big important systems such as atmosphere, food, environmental, navigation, and drill were protected with so many back-ups and fail-safes that it was almost impossible for them to freeze.
Definition of fail-safe in US English: fail-safeadjectiveˈfāl ˈˌsāfˈfeɪl ˈˌseɪf 1Causing a piece of machinery or other mechanism to revert to a safe condition in the event of a breakdown or malfunction. （机械）故障安全的；有安全保障的 a forklift with a fail-safe device 装有安全保障装置的铲车。 Example sentencesExamples - The other thing we had noticed when Sally had come in to have the warning light checked out was that the transmission was always stuck in third gear, or fail-safe mode.
- Eyewear of the appropriate optical density is worn when using devices not equipped with fail-safe mechanisms.
- If the potential human and economic costs are high enough, engineers who work with floodwater alleviation systems always design them with some sort of fail-safe mechanism.
- With modern systems that relied more on fail-safe electronic units than on mechanical devices that could break down or malfunction at any time, flying had become a lot safer these days.
- Since that time the device has gone through rigorous testing to develop tamper-resistant and fail-safe systems.
- Systems in a reactor work in fail-safe mode, which means that the failure of a system will lead to a safer mode of operation.
- The Tangara trains are equipped with a number of fail-safe devices, including one known as a deadman's brake.
Synonyms dependable, safe, tried and tested, well built, well engineered, good - 1.1 Unlikely or unable to fail.
万全的，不会失败的 the computer that runs the place is supposed to be fail-safe 管理这地方的电脑据说可以做到万无一失。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm violently opposed to taking that on, but somehow I do believe that government will have to have a fail-safe protection on that piece of the retirement expense.
- While sensible, it is not a fail-safe precaution.
- Columbia was the first spacecraft to disintegrate on re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere - and the results, in falling debris, were a shocking lesson to the engineers responsible for fail-safe planning.
- And there is no fail-safe way to prevent people from gaining access to semi-automatic weapons - without banning them from the public at large.
- She wants not only clearer labelling but also a fail-safe device which would make it impossible for a drug to be wrongly administered.
- Check the software to verify if it has fail-safe and recovery procedures.
- The good news is that having your teeth professionally whitened is not only affordable, which should last a lifetime with occasional top-ups - it is also a simple, noninvasive and virtually fail-safe procedure.
- They also see prompts as a means for new users to teach themselves to use a device in a fail-safe manner.
- For the uninitiated, most ground forces still employ a final fail-safe method for testing the air before giving the ‘all clear’ message to soldiers wearing their gas masks.
- It's a cheap one, and does not seem to have some form of fail-safe opening-from-the-outside device, for people that have forgotten their keys.
- But should the worse-case scenario happen, Robert teaches women some fail-safe moves which would disable an assailant.
- As a result of the impact of failure, aerospace systems have greater redundancy and fail-safe requirements.
- In the main this system works well, but it is not entirely fail-safe.
- The campaign also has two back-up credit card transaction systems in place (one built in-house and one by a consultant) for high traffic periods and as a fail-safe procedure.
- There were fail-safe steps in place, and they didn't work.
- We need more certainty about bias, some dependable, fail-safe test.
- If you're getting mixed signals, give the subject this fail-safe test on a piece of paper.
- That is wise, but it seems to me the most fail-safe way to protect a corporate network from viruses is to prevent their entrance into the system in the first place.
- The major motivation of new collectors seems to be the perception that art is a fail-safe investment, like a government guaranteed tax-free fixed deposit with spectacular interest rates.
- It's pretty fail-safe, but you still have to pay attention to what you're doing.
nounˈfāl ˈˌsāfˈfeɪl ˈˌseɪf usually in singular A system or plan that comes into operation in the event of something going wrong or that is there to prevent such an occurrence. 安全保障系统（或计划） the secondary safety system is indeed a fail-safe Example sentencesExamples - Before he ever reached another catatonic state, emergency fail-safes would activate.
- There's gonna be a lot of fail-safes put in place between state, local and federal law enforcement agencies.
- Scary enough, but the researchers also found that the corrupted system's self-analysing fail-safe would itself sometimes fail to detect the anomaly.
- A large fund was set up with a set of strict guarantees and fail-safes to provide the stream of income required for the maintenance of my crypt.
- But, as I imagine it was meant to do, it was also reassuring to see what fail-safes and other options exist in even the direst circumstances.
- In addition, all federally funded prevention materials would be required to include information warning people that condoms are not 100 percent fail-safe.
- As an example, if you order a server from the company, when the order is submitted fail-safes within the system will alert us if a mistake has been made and won't allow the server to be configured incorrectly.
- While no one is saying anything for certain - and even though the company has some corruption fail-safes built into its software, the inkling seems to be that it is probably some kind of software glitch.
- Many shooters don't understand the purpose of such a dual action, assuming that the pump mechanism is a fail-safe against a malfunction with the semiauto mode.
- Right now, he sees you as some kind of fail-safe that he can rely on.
- The fail-safes on the program alert us when something gets neglected.
- The big important systems such as atmosphere, food, environmental, navigation, and drill were protected with so many back-ups and fail-safes that it was almost impossible for them to freeze.
- Ramirez sat down, and typed in his personal code, overriding the General's fail-safes and security measures as he retook control of the automated defence systems.
- We obviously have a great understanding of the system and there are numerous fail-safes, but it does get sporty.
- I imagine there were fail-safes against something like that.
- Elements of information on the certificate are placed in a particular way so as to act as a fail-safe against any crude counterfeit efforts.
- It has never really disappeared from our wardrobes, but the blazer, once a conservative fail-safe, is now the latest in casual chic.
- There are just so many fail-safes that you have to build in, because you only get one chance, and the cameras of the world are on you.
- A small auxiliary throttle is used as a fail-safe should the system fail, to control fuel tank ventilation, and to improve cold starts.
- I have my master plan set, as well as fail-safes in position as well.
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