The police failed to ferret out the truth.

警察未能查明真相。

This thought kept me awake all night.

种顾虑使我通宵未能合眼。

He was ill, and therefore could not come.

他病了, 所以未能来。

Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature.

化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

They were unable to run the telephone network economically.

他们未能济地话网络。

I was hindered from getting here earlier.

我因受阻未能早些到达里。

Sickness deprived me of the pleasure of meeting you.

疾病使得我未能和你常欢聚。

I think the couple misunderstand each other.

我认为对夫妇未能真正互相了。

Numerous interruptions have prevented me from finishing the work.

数不清的干扰使我未能项工作。

I haven't been able to orient my ideas to the new conditions.

我还未能使自己的观点适应新情况。

Many interruptions have prevented me from finishing the work.

许多打岔的事使得我未能项工作。

An overdraft results when a note discounted at a bank is not met when due.

银行贴现的支票到期而未能支付就为透支。

This fatal miscalculation lost them the final victory.

个致命的错误估计使他们未能夺得最后胜利。

We failed to inculcate students with love of knowledge.

我们未能通过谆谆教诲使学生们热爱知识。

He gloated over his fellow student's failure to win the prize.

"他的同学未能获奖,他却幸灾乐祸。"

Leeds failed to recapture the form which had swept them to the title.

利兹未能找回曾使他们飞黄腾达的那张表格。

They failed to win the requisite twothirds majority.

他们未能赢得所必须的2/3 多数票。

The government’s record on employment did not endear them to the voters.

政府促进就业的绩未能为它赢取选民的支持。

Being a foreigner, he did not catch on the joke.

他是个外国人, 未能理个笑话的含意。

Which the elation of liberty and the pain of exclusion were indistinguishably mingled.

她既为自由而洋洋得意，又因未能参加而不胜伤心，两种感情难分难地纠集在一起。