failsafes

[US]/'fel,sef/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. failsafe

Real-world Examples

He did these things believing there was a failsafe.

Han gjorde disse ting i troen om, at der var en sikkerhedsforanstaltning.

Source: CHERNOBYL HBO

And if think you might struggle, set yourself a fail-safe.

Og hvis du tror, du måske har det svært, så sæt dig selv en sikkerhedsforanstaltning.

Source: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

He'd have to have this identity in place as a fail-safe.

Han skulle have denne identitet på plads som en sikkerhedsforanstaltning.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

But, enough mutations can bypass the fail-safes, driving the cell to divide recklessly.

Men, tilstrækkeligt mange mutationer kan omgå sikkerhedsforanstaltningerne og få cellen til at dele sig hensynsløst.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

It was these fail-safes that triggered the alarms just before the lunar landing.

Det var disse sikkerhedsforanstaltninger, der udløste alarmen lige før den månelandede.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

I'm looking for a fail-safe outcome on the procedure.

Jeg leder efter et sikkert resultat for proceduren.

Source: Good doctor

Those rods are like a fail-safe, they prevent the reactor from generating too much power.

De der stænger er som en sikkerhedsforanstaltning, de forhindrer reaktoren i at generere for meget strøm.

Source: World Atlas of Wonders

If elite athletes go AWOL too often, they can be sanctioned. But as a fail-safe, it can be a useful tactic.

Hvis elitesportsfolk går AWOL for ofte, kan de blive straffet. Men som en sikkerhedsforanstaltning kan det være en nyttig taktik.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Within days, the electricity grid fails as fuel supplies run out and there's nobody to override the power station's failsafe mechanisms.

Inden for få dage svigter elnettet, da brændstofforsyningen løber tør, og der er ingen til at tilsidesætte kraftværkets sikkerhedsforanstaltninger.

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

Peseshet explains her fail-safe pregnancy test: plant two seeds: one barley, one emmer.

Peseshet forklarer sin sikre graviditetstest: plant to frø: et byg, et emmer.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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