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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

failure

英  [ˈfeɪljə]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • failures

    1. [U 不可数名词] 失败

    Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity.

    双语例句

    例：

    This policy is doomed to failure.

    这项政策注定要失败。

    例：

    Three attempts on the 200-metre record ended in failure.

    向200米纪录的三次尝试均以失败告终。

    例：

    feelings of failure.

    失败感。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 未成

    Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it.

    双语例句

    例：

    They see their failure to produce an heir as a curse from God.

    他们将自己未能生育一个后嗣看作是来自上帝的一个诅咒。

    3. [C 可数名词] 失败

    If something is a failure, it is not a success.

    双语例句

    例：

    The programme was a complete failure.

    该计划完全失败了。

    例：

    The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it.

    这段婚姻是个失败，他们俩都想从中解放出来。

    4. [C 可数名词] 失败者

    If you say that someone is a failure, you mean that they have not succeeded in a particular activity, or that they are unsuccessful at everything they do.

    双语例句

    例：

    Elgar received many honours and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure.

    埃尔加获得了很多荣誉和欢呼，但是他常常把自己看成一个失败者。

    5. [C, U 有变体名词] 故障

    If there is a failure of something, for example, a machine or part of the body, it goes wrong and stops working or developing properly.

    双语例句

    例：

    There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.

    还有一些事故主要是由起飞时引擎故障导致的。

    6. [C, U 有变体名词] 倒闭

    If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.

    近义词

    collapse

    双语例句

    例：

    Business failures rose 16 last month.

    上个月公司倒闭上升了16。

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