flunk
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++flunk /flʌŋk/ verb informal especially American English 1 [intransitive, transitive]SEFAIL to fail a test 〔考试〕不及格，通不过（考试） Tony flunked chemistry last semester. 托尼上学期化学考试不及格。2 [transitive]SEFAIL to give someone low marks on a test so that they fail it 给…打不及格分数 SYN fail She hadn’t done the work so I flunked her. 她没做作业，所以我给她打了不及格。3 flunk out phrasal verb informal especially American English SELEAVE A SCHOOL OR COLLEGEto be forced to leave a school or college because your work is not good enough 〔因学业不好而〕被迫退学 of Ben flunked out of college. 本只得从大学退学。→ See Verb table
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flunk• I flunked, and had to do the test again.• He thought he was going to flunk chemistry, but he got a D.• He was cutting school and flunking classes.• The first two years they basically just try to flunk everybody out.• Yesterday I took my driving test and flunked - for the sixth time.• She didn't do any of the work, so I flunked her.• My worst class was math, and every time we took a test, I was certain I had completely flunked it.• Progressives have the chance to reshape global institutions; they should not flunk it.• But it all went wrong when, some 15 years ago, he flunked math and didn't get into college.• Brant flunked out of college his first year.• The begin-ning of real trouble was flunking the bar exam and receiving, in turn, a reduced salary from my firm.• She flunked the state bar exam four times before she finally passed.• Punitive and retroactive, our decision is to flunk the student, not the school.• Then Pasternak's office called him and told him that he had flunked the test.• And yet Simeon flunked virtually every exam, often by a mile.Origin flunk (1800-1900) Perhaps from flinch + funk “to be afraid (of)” ((18-21 centuries)); → FUNK2flunk verbChinese
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flunk
flunk /flʌŋk/
verb informal especially American English
Tony flunked chemistry last semester.
2. [transitive] to give someone low marks on a test so that they fail it
SYN fail:
She hadn’t done the work so I flunked her.
flunk out phrasal verb informal especially American English
to be forced to leave a school or college because your work is not good enough
flunk out of
Ben flunked out of college.
flunk /flʌŋk/
verb informal especially American English Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from flinch + funk __to be afraid (of)__ (18-21 centuries); ⇨ funk(2)
1. [intransitive and transitive] to fail a test:Origin: Perhaps from flinch + funk __to be afraid (of)__ (18-21 centuries); ⇨ funk(2)
2. [transitive] to give someone low marks on a test so that they fail it
SYN fail:
flunk out phrasal verb informal especially American English
to be forced to leave a school or college because your work is not good enough
flunk out of
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