- 1沒當成的（a failed actor＝沒當成演員的人；語氣常偏苛）
A failed actor, a failed writer, a failed businessman: these are people who wanted that life and did not get there. Failed here sits in front of a job-word (or a role-word) and paints a type — not one bad night, but a path that did not come off. It is often . Magazines use it because it is sharp and small. It is not the same as the verb in ‘she failed the exam’, which is one event you can try again. You can say he is unsuccessful as an actor and mean the same facts with a softer hand. Keep the pattern: failed + the thing they wanted to be. That is the meaning filed here.
「failed + 身份名詞」指想當某種人、卻沒有當成的人，例如「a failed actor」是沒當成演員的人。它描出的是一種類型，不是一次失敗，而是一條路沒有走通，語氣常偏苛，雜誌也愛用，因為短而尖銳。它和動詞 fail 不同，像「she failed the exam」那是一次可以再考的事。這個用法的格式是 failed + 他原本想當的身份。
組成The past participle of fail, used as an adjective in front of a noun.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
failedadj/feɪld/
- 1
unsuccessful
- 2
Decayed; worn out.
- 3
Bankrupt.
- The government is unwilling to bail out the failed bank.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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