| 释义 |
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. a forklift truck with a fail-safe device 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. 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. stewards positioned around the track as a fail-safe 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. a forklift with a fail-safe device 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.
the computer that runs the place is supposed to be fail-safe 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. 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.
|