英语词汇“flunk out”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. intransitive. To give up, back out, fail utterly. Also to flunk out. Also quasi-transitive. To shirk (a recitation) ( Standard Dict.).

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons

miscarry1602

to come off bluely1654

to buy the rabbit1807

flunk1823

to go wrong1827

slip1890

to fall (also go) by the wayside1898

crack1918

to go down the tube(s)1963

1823 Crayon (Yale Coll.) We must have at least as many subscribers as there are students in college or flunk out.

a1830 Col. Hay in W. M. Rossetti Humorous Poems (1872) 474 He never flunked and he never lied.

1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 46 Why, little 'un, you must be cracked, if you flunk out before we begin.

1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 414 They were, of course, exposed to the fire of the red-coats..but they didn't flunk a bit.

1894 P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling (1898) 355 What will people say of me on November fourth, if my regiment flunks on September thirtieth?

1901 Munsey's Mag. June 408/2 It looks pretty middling tough, and it won't do to try it and flunk.

1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxi. 294 I don't mean that he's flunking, for he's no coward.

1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 7/1 Sinatra himself said: ‘I've flunked out with women more often than not. Like most men, I don't understand them.’

b. College slang. To fail utterly in an examination. Also transitive, to fail (an examination, etc.); to flunk out: to be dismissed from a school or university for failing examinations.

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society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > fail examination

fizzle1847

flunk1848

to ball up1856

spin1869

muff1884

1848 Yale Lit. Mag. 13 322 Flunking so gloomily.

18.. Amherst Indicator I. 253 A man who has flunked..is not in a state to appreciate joking.

1899 A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 166 He never attracted attention by his scholarship, but yet he drifted along somehow without flunking.

1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 37 He'll fail his exams, tutor all summer..and flunk out in the middle of the freshman year.

1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vi. 99 He tutored for Princeton and flunked in freshman year.

1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xviii. 202 I don't..chase around with filthy bags or flunk my courses.

1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xvi. 342 He was working hard to take a calculus examination that he had flunked..two years ago.

1951 Reader's Digest May 12/1 He flunked out of various high schools, not because he was too stupid.

1968 Listener 27 June 841/1 The scene is..Columbia University, where a number of young Second World War vets and/or non-combatants are making gestures at working for degrees or just hanging around after flunking out.

1970 Times 12 Aug. 5/7 I was utterly, deeply, completely depressed and flunked my A levels.

单词	flunk out
释义	> as lemmas to flunk out a. intransitive. To give up, back out, fail utterly. Also to flunk out. Also quasi-transitive. To shirk (a recitation) ( Standard Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of persons miscarry1602 to come off bluely1654 to buy the rabbit1807 flunk1823 to go wrong1827 slip1890 to fall (also go) by the wayside1898 crack1918 to go down the tube(s)1963 1823 Crayon (Yale Coll.) We must have at least as many subscribers as there are students in college or flunk out. a1830 Col. Hay in W. M. Rossetti Humorous Poems (1872) 474 He never flunked and he never lied. 1838 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches 46 Why, little 'un, you must be cracked, if you flunk out before we begin. 1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 414 They were, of course, exposed to the fire of the red-coats..but they didn't flunk a bit. 1894 P. L. Ford Hon. Peter Stirling (1898) 355 What will people say of me on November fourth, if my regiment flunks on September thirtieth? 1901 Munsey's Mag. June 408/2 It looks pretty middling tough, and it won't do to try it and flunk. 1910 J. Hart Vigilante Girl xxi. 294 I don't mean that he's flunking, for he's no coward. 1971 Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 28 Mar. 7/1 Sinatra himself said: ‘I've flunked out with women more often than not. Like most men, I don't understand them.’ extracted from flunkv. to flunk out b. College slang. To fail utterly in an examination. Also transitive, to fail (an examination, etc.); to flunk out: to be dismissed from a school or university for failing examinations. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine [verb (intransitive)] > fail examination fizzle1847 flunk1848 to ball up1856 spin1869 muff1884 1848 Yale Lit. Mag. 13 322 Flunking so gloomily. 18.. Amherst Indicator I. 253 A man who has flunked..is not in a state to appreciate joking. 1899 A. H. Quinn Pennsylvania Stories 166 He never attracted attention by his scholarship, but yet he drifted along somehow without flunking. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise i. i. 37 He'll fail his exams, tutor all summer..and flunk out in the middle of the freshman year. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean vi. 99 He tutored for Princeton and flunked in freshman year. 1924 P. Marks Plastic Age xviii. 202 I don't..chase around with filthy bags or flunk my courses. 1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners xvi. 342 He was working hard to take a calculus examination that he had flunked..two years ago. 1951 Reader's Digest May 12/1 He flunked out of various high schools, not because he was too stupid. 1968 Listener 27 June 841/1 The scene is..Columbia University, where a number of young Second World War vets and/or non-combatants are making gestures at working for degrees or just hanging around after flunking out. 1970 Times 12 Aug. 5/7 I was utterly, deeply, completely depressed and flunked my A levels. extracted from flunkv. < as lemmas
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