1.失灵;机能失常;故障;事故
1.a failure to work or operate correctly
1.to fail to work or operate correctly
1.The guy knew that the brakes malfunctioned, but he did not let the girl know, because that would make the girl feel scared.
驾车的男孩知道刹车失灵，但他没有让女孩知道，因为那样会让女孩感到害怕。
2.He had been translating and somehow or other, the tape machine malfunctioned.
他一直在翻译而不知怎的磁带机出故障了。
3.Elsewhere in the Pacific, very high frequency communications systems malfunctioned for half a minute.
太平洋上的其他地方，超高频无线电通讯系统中断了半分钟。
4.Soil liquefaction is one of the most important factors which caused engineering structural malfunctioned and underground structural damage.
场地饱和砂土液化是导致工程建筑、地下结构（物）破坏的重要因素之一；
5.Three years later, Salla's nav computer malfunctioned and deposited her vessel on a collision course with a neutron star.
三年后，萨拉的飞船因导航电脑故障，锁定航线向一颗中子星撞去。
6.Today, the upstairs neighbors' plumbing malfunctioned, sending a flood of toilet water raining down through our air conditioning vent.
今天楼上的水管坏了，一股来自厕所的下水冲进了我们的空调通风管。
7.The Germans brought the flamethrower into action, but it malfunctioned and only sprayed one American soldier with oil.
德军把火焰喷射器投入战斗，但是操作失误，仅仅把一个美军士兵喷了一身油。
8.This means one of the partitions has malfunctioned.
这意味着分区中的一个出现了故障。
9.An elevator at Naugatuck High School malfunctioned Wednesday morning leaving a custodian stuck inside for a short period of time.
诺格塔克镇（位于美国康涅狄格州）高中一台电梯周三早上出现故障，管理员被困，所幸被困时间不长。
10.Conspiracy theorists had a field day when some Diebold gizmos malfunctioned during an election in California in 2004.
在2004年加州选举中，Diebold生产的一些设备发生故障，阴谋理论家对此是欣喜万分。