我并不为卡尔感到难过。他了解实情，他知道他必须做什么，但又没能做成。

I don't feel sorry for Carl. He knew the score, he knew what he had to do and couldn't do it.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

我们公司没能做成这笔大买卖。

Our firm lost out on this big deal.

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在十二殖民地被摧毁之前，为什么“热狗”没能做成蝮蛇飞行员？

What prevented Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza from becoming a Viper pilot before the destruction of the Twelve Colonies?

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