failsafe

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

Translation

n. 破損安全;失效保護
Word Forms
複數failsafes

Real-world Examples

He did these things believing there was a failsafe.

他這麼做是因爲他確信核反應堆有保險裝置。

Source: CHERNOBYL HBO

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

如果你覺得自己可能會遇到困難,那就給自己設置一個失敗保險。

Source: Crash Course: Business in the Workplace

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

他將這個身份作爲失效保險。

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

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

但足夠多的突變可以躲避自保機制,造成細胞不受控制地分裂。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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

正是這些故障保險在登月前觸發了警告。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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

我是給手術上個保險。

Source: Good doctor

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

這些棒就像一個故障保險裝置, 它們可以防止反應堆產生過多的能量。

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.

如果精英運動員經常擅自離開,他們會受到處罰。但作爲一種保險措施,這可能是一種有用的策略。

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.

幾天之內,電網就會因爲燃料供應耗盡而癱瘓,而且沒有人能夠控制發電站的故障安全機制。

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

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

Peseshet 解釋了她的故障安全妊娠試驗:種下兩顆種子: 一顆大麥, 一顆二粒小麥。

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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