failsafes

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

Translation

n. 破损安全;失效保护

Real-world Examples

He did these things believing there was a failsafe.

他这么做是因为他确信核反应堆有保险装置。

Source: CHERNOBYL HBO

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

如果你觉得自己可能会遇到困难,那就给自己设置一个失败保险。

Source: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

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

他将这个身份作为失效保险。

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

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

但足够多的突变可以躲避自保机制,造成细胞不受控制地分裂。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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

正是这些故障保险在登月前触发了警告。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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

我是给手术上个保险。

Source: Good doctor

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

这些棒就像一个故障保险装置, 它们可以防止反应堆产生过多的能量。

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.

如果精英运动员经常擅自离开,他们会受到处罚。但作为一种保险措施,这可能是一种有用的策略。

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.

几天之内,电网就会因为燃料供应耗尽而瘫痪,而且没有人能够控制发电站的故障安全机制。

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

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

Peseshet 解释了她的故障安全妊娠试验:种下两颗种子: 一颗大麦, 一颗二粒小麦。

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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