| 单词 | fail-safe |
| 释义 | fail-safe (once / 42062 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY fail-safe: fail-safes USAGE EXAMPLESHamilton imagined the Electoral College as an institution in which élites might serve as a fail-safe, but what kind of élite was this? The New Yorker(Dec 02, 2016) A fail-safe policy that will keep people from entering the country illegally and, especially, keep terrorists offshore. Los Angeles Times(Nov 13, 2016) Figuring that she could win simply by surviving, she built a machine specifically geared to that purpose, all fail-safes and firewalls. Time(Nov 09, 2016) 1adj eliminating danger by compensating automatically for a failure or malfunction a fail-safe device in a nuclear weapon to deactivate it automatically in the event of accident Syn safe free from danger or the risk of harm 2adj guaranteed not to fail a fail-safe recipe for cheese souffle Syn secure free from danger or risk 3n a mechanism capable of returning to a safe state in case there is a failure or malfunction Hyper mechanism device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function |
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