on the verge of following that path, something wonderful happened to him: a failing grade in high school science.

在他即将重蹈父辈的覆辙时，一次奇异的经历改变了他的人生：高中科学考试的一次不及格。

missing the midterm without a valid excuse will result in a failing grade for the entire course.

没有正当理由而未参加考试者将被判作整个课程不及格。

privately, they notified illegally polluting factories of their failing grade and gave them six months to clean up.

他们还私下通知违规污染企业他们所获得的低等级，给他们六个月的时间清理。

an f is a failing grade worth zero toward a student's grade point average.

而f即为不及格，相当于平均积分点为零。 %。

that paper with the failing grade was suddenly not nearly as important as it had been just a few minutes earlier.

突然间，那份不及格的试卷不像几分钟前那样重要了。

ll: the word flunk can mean both 「to give a failing grade to」 as well as 「to fail a course」.

噢，我懂了，flunk既可以指给学生不及格的分数，也可以指学生自己考不及格。

in schools, the punishment for cheating could be a failing grade on the paper or in the course.

在学校，作弊的处罚可以是在考试答卷或那课程上成绩不及格。

missing an exam without a valid excuse will result in a failing grade for the entire course.

无故缺席任何一次测验，课程成绩为不及格。

if you commit this crime, you will at the least get a failing grade on the paper, and at worst fail the course and be taken to the committee on discipline.

一但被发现有剽窃的行为发生，轻则该篇报告不及格，重则这门课不及格，而且会被送交纪律委员会处理。

he received a failing grade on the term paper.

这里提供一些关于学期研究报告的引导。