fail-safe
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈfail-safe adjective 1. Ta fail-safe machine, piece of equipment etc contains a system that makes the machine stop working if one part of it fails 〔机器、设备等〕有自动防止故障装置的，有安全保障装置的2. EFFECTIVEa fail-safe plan is certain to succeed 〔计划〕万无一失的，万全的
Examples from the Corpus
fail-safe• And the idiots had hooked the man's life support on to a wholly independent generator, the prison fail-safe.• Each one must be set up with fail-safe guides for a true and even curve.• When we faint we return to normal breathing and so fainting is a fail-safe mechanism for hyperventilation control.• The fail-safe method of dealing with a software problem was to make another copy of the disk that came with the application.• Note that there is a fail-safe principle in the design.• All jets have an immediate fail-safe switch that retracts a failed thrust-reverser.• But there was no fail-safe way to dress for outings in Roman's company.ˈfail-safe adjectiveChineseSyllable
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fail-safe
ˈfail-safe
adjective
1. a fail-safe machine, piece of equipment etc contains a system that makes the machine stop working if one part of it fails
2. a fail-safe plan is certain to succeed
ˈfail-safe
adjective1. a fail-safe machine, piece of equipment etc contains a system that makes the machine stop working if one part of it fails
2. a fail-safe plan is certain to succeed