Definition of flunk in English:

flunk

verb flʌŋkfləŋk

[with object]North American informal

1Fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test, or course of study)
通不过（考试、测验或课程）；在（考试、测验或课程）中失败，不及格
I flunked biology in the tenth grade
十年级时我生物不及格。
Example sentencesExamples
- So far, however, the bloggers are flunking the journalism test.
- ‘If you're talking about an elite, wealthy athlete,’ he says, ‘they'll go to people like me to make sure they don't flunk drug tests.’
- The dog flunked the test, the suitcase went skittling down the conveyor belt, and it was apparently loaded onto a plane destined for parts unknown.
- The investigation thus far flunks the smell test.
- The sense that you fell in love just yesterday but that you flunked your driver's test in a former life is a natural and surprisingly universal temporal distortion that helps one maintain a positive self-image.
- However, it flunks the main test of any scientific theory: The ability to make empirically testable predictions.
- Insofar as such writers flunk the tests laid out by textbook publishers, they risk slipping quietly out of circulation.
- We presume that the baggage handlers and screeners flunked the test.
- If something is legal but flunks the smell test, do not do it.
- But his escape to the sun has been thwarted because he has again flunked his driving test.
- Well, apparently as John said and we've heard on other reports, he had refused to pay any court costs and he had flunked a drug test while he was on probation.
- When it comes to simple arithmetic, involving trillions of dollars of workers' Social Security money, the privatizers flunk the test.
- If he flunks the test, the letter of credit is dissolved.
- I was the mountaineer, I was the one living in the mountains - and I was the one who flunked this test.
- I would sooner or later flunk my tests and exams.
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Tuesday that Young, who flunked a steroid test in 1999, should have been ineligible for the Sydney Games.
- And no matter how high they set the price, you were going to buy one copy because otherwise you'd flunk the course.
- One false step - like failing to pay fees or flunking a course - and they can be shown the door.
- Yeah, but on the other hand, have you ever heard of a Winter Olympic athlete getting a medal revoked for flunking a steroid test?
- When Gaitan joined the National Guard, Ramos tried to enlist too but flunked the entry test twice.
Synonyms
be unsuccessful in, not pass
1. 1.1 Judge (an examination candidate) to have failed to reach the required standard.
  使（考生）不及格，使（考生）通不过（考试）
  Example sentencesExamples
  I tell Rufus McClure about this and he chuckles, ‘Many an English teacher would flunk Hemingway.’
  ‘I hope Boarst flunks her and she gets kicked out,’ Lauren muttered under her breath.
  My teacher phoned me and threatened to flunk me if I didn't go to class.
  English teacher Mr. Bates seems to flunk her for very suspect reasons.
  So the teacher said - the English teacher said she would flunk me if I didn't take drama, because she thought I had to overcome my shyness.
  I'm sure that's just one of the many they ask - and you won't be automatically flunked for saying you have never touched a stirring spoon.
  And also, I think, look, people sue because the teachers flunk their kids.
  For outbursts like these, Ed's teachers eventually flunked him, so he hauled up to Johannesburg and trained as an industrial radiographer, testing welds in an oil refinery.
  No teacher can ever flunk a student on the basis of personal dislike.
2. 1.2flunk outno object (of a student) leave or be dismissed from school or college as a result of failing to reach the required standard.
  （学生因不及格）退学；被开除
  Tip flunked out of Caltech and moved back home
  Example sentencesExamples
  I strayed instead into the less elegant world of pinochle, an addiction that almost caused me to flunk out of college.
  He took a moment, calculating his words, then finally said, ‘I managed to flunk out of college.’
  After his return, Salinger made his second try at college, having flunked out of New York University a few years earlier.
  With the days of free-flowing grants long behind us, we need sound saving plans to ensure that our children don't financially flunk out of college.
  The school also required Alison talk to each teacher individually to specifically explain why she was flunking out in the Spring of 2000.
  After driving across America with two girlfriends in the summer of 1964, Judee flunked out of college.
  If only Roberts were a failure, he would better understand the masses (the ones Cohen understands so well because he flunked out of college).
  He flunked out of college a number of times before settling down at a Baptist college in Mississippi.
  She revealed that her husband was not supportive of her attending college and had predicted she would flunk out.
  Students who flunk out because they study too little - or drink too much - frequently return to school and get degrees.
  A statement of fact: if the Web had existed when I was in college, I'd have flunked out.
  If a college player is in danger of flunking out and has nothing to fall back on, that situation is more important than dealing with a multimillionaire who is pouting because he wants a contract extension.
  No, I'm just worried that my best student might be flunking out of school.
  And one student who flunked out after spending too much time on the Internet did return last September.
  And anyways, if I flunk out of high school and no colleges accept me, at least I will already be trained in asking, ‘Do you want fries with that?’
  A student who was flunking out of school, he insisted the shootings were not about revenge.
  He had wandered around after graduating high school, and after flunking out of college, he discovered white supremacy.
  I've seen many students spend too much time partying and flunk out, but I've also seen many of them sacrifice a lot of fun times and a lot of personal growth for a snatching grab at the dean's list.
  Many students flunked out of college trying to get edit decision lists to play on their roommate's computer.
  At Harvard, back during the era when more than half of all alumni sons were admitted, those special admittees were disproportionately represented among students who flunked out.

Origin

Early 19th century (in the general sense 'back down, fail utterly'; originally US): perhaps related to funk¹ or to US flink 'be a coward', perhaps a variant of flinch.

Rhymes

bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, funk, gunk, hunk, Monck, monk, plunk, shrunk, skunk, slunk, stunk, sunk, thunk, trunk

Definition of flunk in US English:

flunk

verbfləŋkfləNGk

[with object]North American informal

1Fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test, or course of study)
通不过（考试、测验或课程）；在（考试、测验或课程）中失败，不及格
I flunked biology in the tenth grade
十年级时我生物不及格。
no object I didn't flunk but I didn't do too well
我虽没有不及格，但考得也不太好。
Example sentencesExamples
- However, it flunks the main test of any scientific theory: The ability to make empirically testable predictions.
- And no matter how high they set the price, you were going to buy one copy because otherwise you'd flunk the course.
- Well, apparently as John said and we've heard on other reports, he had refused to pay any court costs and he had flunked a drug test while he was on probation.
- The investigation thus far flunks the smell test.
- If he flunks the test, the letter of credit is dissolved.
- Yeah, but on the other hand, have you ever heard of a Winter Olympic athlete getting a medal revoked for flunking a steroid test?
- But his escape to the sun has been thwarted because he has again flunked his driving test.
- One false step - like failing to pay fees or flunking a course - and they can be shown the door.
- Insofar as such writers flunk the tests laid out by textbook publishers, they risk slipping quietly out of circulation.
- The sense that you fell in love just yesterday but that you flunked your driver's test in a former life is a natural and surprisingly universal temporal distortion that helps one maintain a positive self-image.
- We presume that the baggage handlers and screeners flunked the test.
- When Gaitan joined the National Guard, Ramos tried to enlist too but flunked the entry test twice.
- So far, however, the bloggers are flunking the journalism test.
- When it comes to simple arithmetic, involving trillions of dollars of workers' Social Security money, the privatizers flunk the test.
- If something is legal but flunks the smell test, do not do it.
- The dog flunked the test, the suitcase went skittling down the conveyor belt, and it was apparently loaded onto a plane destined for parts unknown.
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Tuesday that Young, who flunked a steroid test in 1999, should have been ineligible for the Sydney Games.
- I was the mountaineer, I was the one living in the mountains - and I was the one who flunked this test.
- ‘If you're talking about an elite, wealthy athlete,’ he says, ‘they'll go to people like me to make sure they don't flunk drug tests.’
- I would sooner or later flunk my tests and exams.
Synonyms
be unsuccessful in, not pass
1. 1.1 Judge (a student or examination candidate) to have failed to reach the required standard.
  使（考生）不及格，使（考生）通不过（考试）
  the teacher flunked thirteen third-graders
  Example sentencesExamples
  I tell Rufus McClure about this and he chuckles, ‘Many an English teacher would flunk Hemingway.’
  English teacher Mr. Bates seems to flunk her for very suspect reasons.
  No teacher can ever flunk a student on the basis of personal dislike.
  My teacher phoned me and threatened to flunk me if I didn't go to class.
  For outbursts like these, Ed's teachers eventually flunked him, so he hauled up to Johannesburg and trained as an industrial radiographer, testing welds in an oil refinery.
  ‘I hope Boarst flunks her and she gets kicked out,’ Lauren muttered under her breath.
  I'm sure that's just one of the many they ask - and you won't be automatically flunked for saying you have never touched a stirring spoon.
  And also, I think, look, people sue because the teachers flunk their kids.
  So the teacher said - the English teacher said she would flunk me if I didn't take drama, because she thought I had to overcome my shyness.
2. 1.2flunk outno object (of a student) leave or be dismissed from school or college as a result of failing to reach the required standard.
  （学生因不及格）退学；被开除
  he had flunked out of college
  他从大学退学了。
  Example sentencesExamples
  After his return, Salinger made his second try at college, having flunked out of New York University a few years earlier.
  I strayed instead into the less elegant world of pinochle, an addiction that almost caused me to flunk out of college.
  A student who was flunking out of school, he insisted the shootings were not about revenge.
  And one student who flunked out after spending too much time on the Internet did return last September.
  At Harvard, back during the era when more than half of all alumni sons were admitted, those special admittees were disproportionately represented among students who flunked out.
  He flunked out of college a number of times before settling down at a Baptist college in Mississippi.
  After driving across America with two girlfriends in the summer of 1964, Judee flunked out of college.
  With the days of free-flowing grants long behind us, we need sound saving plans to ensure that our children don't financially flunk out of college.
  A statement of fact: if the Web had existed when I was in college, I'd have flunked out.
  And anyways, if I flunk out of high school and no colleges accept me, at least I will already be trained in asking, ‘Do you want fries with that?’
  He took a moment, calculating his words, then finally said, ‘I managed to flunk out of college.’
  Students who flunk out because they study too little - or drink too much - frequently return to school and get degrees.
  If only Roberts were a failure, he would better understand the masses (the ones Cohen understands so well because he flunked out of college).
  Many students flunked out of college trying to get edit decision lists to play on their roommate's computer.
  No, I'm just worried that my best student might be flunking out of school.
  The school also required Alison talk to each teacher individually to specifically explain why she was flunking out in the Spring of 2000.
  I've seen many students spend too much time partying and flunk out, but I've also seen many of them sacrifice a lot of fun times and a lot of personal growth for a snatching grab at the dean's list.
  If a college player is in danger of flunking out and has nothing to fall back on, that situation is more important than dealing with a multimillionaire who is pouting because he wants a contract extension.
  He had wandered around after graduating high school, and after flunking out of college, he discovered white supremacy.
  She revealed that her husband was not supportive of her attending college and had predicted she would flunk out.

Origin

Early 19th century (in the general sense ‘back down, fail utterly’; originally US): perhaps related to funk or to US flink ‘be a coward’, perhaps a variant of flinch.

词汇	flunk
释义	Definition of flunk in English: flunk verb flʌŋkfləŋk [with object]North American informal 1Fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test, or course of study) 通不过（考试、测验或课程）；在（考试、测验或课程）中失败，不及格 I flunked biology in the tenth grade 十年级时我生物不及格。 Example sentencesExamples So far, however, the bloggers are flunking the journalism test. ‘If you're talking about an elite, wealthy athlete,’ he says, ‘they'll go to people like me to make sure they don't flunk drug tests.’ The dog flunked the test, the suitcase went skittling down the conveyor belt, and it was apparently loaded onto a plane destined for parts unknown. The investigation thus far flunks the smell test. The sense that you fell in love just yesterday but that you flunked your driver's test in a former life is a natural and surprisingly universal temporal distortion that helps one maintain a positive self-image. However, it flunks the main test of any scientific theory: The ability to make empirically testable predictions. Insofar as such writers flunk the tests laid out by textbook publishers, they risk slipping quietly out of circulation. We presume that the baggage handlers and screeners flunked the test. If something is legal but flunks the smell test, do not do it. But his escape to the sun has been thwarted because he has again flunked his driving test. Well, apparently as John said and we've heard on other reports, he had refused to pay any court costs and he had flunked a drug test while he was on probation. When it comes to simple arithmetic, involving trillions of dollars of workers' Social Security money, the privatizers flunk the test. If he flunks the test, the letter of credit is dissolved. I was the mountaineer, I was the one living in the mountains - and I was the one who flunked this test. I would sooner or later flunk my tests and exams. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Tuesday that Young, who flunked a steroid test in 1999, should have been ineligible for the Sydney Games. And no matter how high they set the price, you were going to buy one copy because otherwise you'd flunk the course. One false step - like failing to pay fees or flunking a course - and they can be shown the door. Yeah, but on the other hand, have you ever heard of a Winter Olympic athlete getting a medal revoked for flunking a steroid test? When Gaitan joined the National Guard, Ramos tried to enlist too but flunked the entry test twice. Synonyms be unsuccessful in, not pass 1.1 Judge (an examination candidate) to have failed to reach the required standard. 使（考生）不及格，使（考生）通不过（考试） Example sentencesExamples I tell Rufus McClure about this and he chuckles, ‘Many an English teacher would flunk Hemingway.’ ‘I hope Boarst flunks her and she gets kicked out,’ Lauren muttered under her breath. My teacher phoned me and threatened to flunk me if I didn't go to class. English teacher Mr. Bates seems to flunk her for very suspect reasons. So the teacher said - the English teacher said she would flunk me if I didn't take drama, because she thought I had to overcome my shyness. I'm sure that's just one of the many they ask - and you won't be automatically flunked for saying you have never touched a stirring spoon. And also, I think, look, people sue because the teachers flunk their kids. For outbursts like these, Ed's teachers eventually flunked him, so he hauled up to Johannesburg and trained as an industrial radiographer, testing welds in an oil refinery. No teacher can ever flunk a student on the basis of personal dislike. 1.2flunk outno object (of a student) leave or be dismissed from school or college as a result of failing to reach the required standard. （学生因不及格）退学；被开除 Tip flunked out of Caltech and moved back home Example sentencesExamples I strayed instead into the less elegant world of pinochle, an addiction that almost caused me to flunk out of college. He took a moment, calculating his words, then finally said, ‘I managed to flunk out of college.’ After his return, Salinger made his second try at college, having flunked out of New York University a few years earlier. With the days of free-flowing grants long behind us, we need sound saving plans to ensure that our children don't financially flunk out of college. The school also required Alison talk to each teacher individually to specifically explain why she was flunking out in the Spring of 2000. After driving across America with two girlfriends in the summer of 1964, Judee flunked out of college. If only Roberts were a failure, he would better understand the masses (the ones Cohen understands so well because he flunked out of college). He flunked out of college a number of times before settling down at a Baptist college in Mississippi. She revealed that her husband was not supportive of her attending college and had predicted she would flunk out. Students who flunk out because they study too little - or drink too much - frequently return to school and get degrees. A statement of fact: if the Web had existed when I was in college, I'd have flunked out. If a college player is in danger of flunking out and has nothing to fall back on, that situation is more important than dealing with a multimillionaire who is pouting because he wants a contract extension. No, I'm just worried that my best student might be flunking out of school. And one student who flunked out after spending too much time on the Internet did return last September. And anyways, if I flunk out of high school and no colleges accept me, at least I will already be trained in asking, ‘Do you want fries with that?’ A student who was flunking out of school, he insisted the shootings were not about revenge. He had wandered around after graduating high school, and after flunking out of college, he discovered white supremacy. I've seen many students spend too much time partying and flunk out, but I've also seen many of them sacrifice a lot of fun times and a lot of personal growth for a snatching grab at the dean's list. Many students flunked out of college trying to get edit decision lists to play on their roommate's computer. At Harvard, back during the era when more than half of all alumni sons were admitted, those special admittees were disproportionately represented among students who flunked out. Origin Early 19th century (in the general sense 'back down, fail utterly'; originally US): perhaps related to funk¹ or to US flink 'be a coward', perhaps a variant of flinch. Rhymes bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, funk, gunk, hunk, Monck, monk, plunk, shrunk, skunk, slunk, stunk, sunk, thunk, trunk Definition of flunk in US English: flunk verbfləŋkfləNGk [with object]North American informal 1Fail to reach the required standard in (an examination, test, or course of study) 通不过（考试、测验或课程）；在（考试、测验或课程）中失败，不及格 I flunked biology in the tenth grade 十年级时我生物不及格。 no object I didn't flunk but I didn't do too well 我虽没有不及格，但考得也不太好。 Example sentencesExamples However, it flunks the main test of any scientific theory: The ability to make empirically testable predictions. And no matter how high they set the price, you were going to buy one copy because otherwise you'd flunk the course. Well, apparently as John said and we've heard on other reports, he had refused to pay any court costs and he had flunked a drug test while he was on probation. The investigation thus far flunks the smell test. If he flunks the test, the letter of credit is dissolved. Yeah, but on the other hand, have you ever heard of a Winter Olympic athlete getting a medal revoked for flunking a steroid test? But his escape to the sun has been thwarted because he has again flunked his driving test. One false step - like failing to pay fees or flunking a course - and they can be shown the door. Insofar as such writers flunk the tests laid out by textbook publishers, they risk slipping quietly out of circulation. The sense that you fell in love just yesterday but that you flunked your driver's test in a former life is a natural and surprisingly universal temporal distortion that helps one maintain a positive self-image. We presume that the baggage handlers and screeners flunked the test. When Gaitan joined the National Guard, Ramos tried to enlist too but flunked the entry test twice. So far, however, the bloggers are flunking the journalism test. When it comes to simple arithmetic, involving trillions of dollars of workers' Social Security money, the privatizers flunk the test. If something is legal but flunks the smell test, do not do it. The dog flunked the test, the suitcase went skittling down the conveyor belt, and it was apparently loaded onto a plane destined for parts unknown. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Tuesday that Young, who flunked a steroid test in 1999, should have been ineligible for the Sydney Games. I was the mountaineer, I was the one living in the mountains - and I was the one who flunked this test. ‘If you're talking about an elite, wealthy athlete,’ he says, ‘they'll go to people like me to make sure they don't flunk drug tests.’ I would sooner or later flunk my tests and exams. Synonyms be unsuccessful in, not pass 1.1 Judge (a student or examination candidate) to have failed to reach the required standard. 使（考生）不及格，使（考生）通不过（考试） the teacher flunked thirteen third-graders Example sentencesExamples I tell Rufus McClure about this and he chuckles, ‘Many an English teacher would flunk Hemingway.’ English teacher Mr. Bates seems to flunk her for very suspect reasons. No teacher can ever flunk a student on the basis of personal dislike. My teacher phoned me and threatened to flunk me if I didn't go to class. For outbursts like these, Ed's teachers eventually flunked him, so he hauled up to Johannesburg and trained as an industrial radiographer, testing welds in an oil refinery. ‘I hope Boarst flunks her and she gets kicked out,’ Lauren muttered under her breath. I'm sure that's just one of the many they ask - and you won't be automatically flunked for saying you have never touched a stirring spoon. And also, I think, look, people sue because the teachers flunk their kids. So the teacher said - the English teacher said she would flunk me if I didn't take drama, because she thought I had to overcome my shyness. 1.2flunk outno object (of a student) leave or be dismissed from school or college as a result of failing to reach the required standard. （学生因不及格）退学；被开除 he had flunked out of college 他从大学退学了。 Example sentencesExamples After his return, Salinger made his second try at college, having flunked out of New York University a few years earlier. I strayed instead into the less elegant world of pinochle, an addiction that almost caused me to flunk out of college. A student who was flunking out of school, he insisted the shootings were not about revenge. And one student who flunked out after spending too much time on the Internet did return last September. At Harvard, back during the era when more than half of all alumni sons were admitted, those special admittees were disproportionately represented among students who flunked out. He flunked out of college a number of times before settling down at a Baptist college in Mississippi. After driving across America with two girlfriends in the summer of 1964, Judee flunked out of college. With the days of free-flowing grants long behind us, we need sound saving plans to ensure that our children don't financially flunk out of college. A statement of fact: if the Web had existed when I was in college, I'd have flunked out. And anyways, if I flunk out of high school and no colleges accept me, at least I will already be trained in asking, ‘Do you want fries with that?’ He took a moment, calculating his words, then finally said, ‘I managed to flunk out of college.’ Students who flunk out because they study too little - or drink too much - frequently return to school and get degrees. If only Roberts were a failure, he would better understand the masses (the ones Cohen understands so well because he flunked out of college). Many students flunked out of college trying to get edit decision lists to play on their roommate's computer. No, I'm just worried that my best student might be flunking out of school. The school also required Alison talk to each teacher individually to specifically explain why she was flunking out in the Spring of 2000. I've seen many students spend too much time partying and flunk out, but I've also seen many of them sacrifice a lot of fun times and a lot of personal growth for a snatching grab at the dean's list. If a college player is in danger of flunking out and has nothing to fall back on, that situation is more important than dealing with a multimillionaire who is pouting because he wants a contract extension. He had wandered around after graduating high school, and after flunking out of college, he discovered white supremacy. She revealed that her husband was not supportive of her attending college and had predicted she would flunk out. Origin Early 19th century (in the general sense ‘back down, fail utterly’; originally US): perhaps related to funk or to US flink ‘be a coward’, perhaps a variant of flinch.
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