fail-safe

/feyl-seyf/US // ˈfeɪlˌseɪf //

故障安全,失效安全,失效安全型,故障保险

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

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- : Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- : equipped with a secondary system that insures continued operation even if the primary system fails.
- : of, relating to, or designating a system of coded military controls in which bombers dispatched to a prearranged point as part of a standard operating procedure cannot advance farther without direct orders from a designated authority and cannot have the nuclear warheads they carry armed until they have passed their prearranged point.
- : guaranteed to work; totally reliable: a fail-safe recipe for a cheese soufflé.

n.名词 noun

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- : the point beyond which the bombers cannot go without specific instruction; the fail-safe point.
- : something designed to work or function automatically to prevent breakdown of a mechanism, system, or the like.

adj.guaranteed not to fail

Synonyms

The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.
And it must make sure that the platform of debate where we can freely exchange ideas is safe and sound.
They called for peace, reconciliation, and the safe return of Father Gregorio.
Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.
Diets not only fail to make us thinner, they also fail to make us healthier in the long term.
A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
The governor of the fortress was provided with a safe residence in Egypt, and an annual pension of 75,000 piasters.
Could this be the safe old house in which childish days had passed, in which all around were always friendly and familiar faces?
It would make everyone careful, of course, but I fail to see any grievance in that.
The truth is, it is not safe to trot down such mountains and hardly to ride down them at all.

/feyl-seyf/US // ˈfeɪlˌseɪf //

故障安全,失效安全,失效安全型,故障保险

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : Electronics. pertaining to or noting a mechanism built into a system, as in an early warning system or a nuclear reactor, for insuring safety should the system fail to operate properly.
- : equipped with a secondary system that insures continued operation even if the primary system fails.
- : of, relating to, or designating a system of coded military controls in which bombers dispatched to a prearranged point as part of a standard operating procedure cannot advance farther without direct orders from a designated authority and cannot have the nuclear warheads they carry armed until they have passed their prearranged point.
- : guaranteed to work; totally reliable: a fail-safe recipe for a cheese soufflé.

n.名词 noun

1
- : the point beyond which the bombers cannot go without specific instruction; the fail-safe point.
- : something designed to work or function automatically to prevent breakdown of a mechanism, system, or the like.

adj.guaranteed not to fail

Synonyms

The Big Five banks dubbed too big to fail, are 35 percent bigger than they were when the meltdown was triggered.
And it must make sure that the platform of debate where we can freely exchange ideas is safe and sound.
They called for peace, reconciliation, and the safe return of Father Gregorio.
Their leader, Njie, still going by “Dave” during the operation, would stay a safe distance away until the State House was secure.
Diets not only fail to make us thinner, they also fail to make us healthier in the long term.
A desultory conversation on politics, in which neither took the slightest interest, was a safe neutral ground.
The governor of the fortress was provided with a safe residence in Egypt, and an annual pension of 75,000 piasters.
Could this be the safe old house in which childish days had passed, in which all around were always friendly and familiar faces?
It would make everyone careful, of course, but I fail to see any grievance in that.
The truth is, it is not safe to trot down such mountains and hardly to ride down them at all.