fail memory meaning in English

失效存储器

On inquiry of these precious innocents , to whom even the name of their predecessors was a failing memory , clare learned that john durbeyfield was dead ; that his widow and children had left marlott , declaring that they were going to live at kingsbere , but instead of doing so had gone on to another place they mentioned
克莱尔一打听，才知道约翰德北菲尔德已经去世，他的遗孀和孩子们也离开马洛特村了，说是要到金斯伯尔去住，但是后来又没有到那儿去，而是去了另外一个地方他们把那个地方的名字告诉了克莱尔。