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failure
[英] [ˈfeiljə] [美] [ˈfeljɚ] 生词本

n.

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1. N-UNCOUNT 失败;不成功 Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity. 

  • This policy is doomed to failure...

    这项政策注定会失败。

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

    对英国 200 米纪录发起的3 次冲击也均以失败而告终。

  • ...feelings of failure.

    挫败感

2. N-COUNT 失败的事;败绩 If something is a failure, it is not a success. 

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

    他们的婚姻很失败，两人都想摆脱它。

  • His six-year transition programme has by no means been a complete failure.

    他的六年转型计划绝没有彻底失败。

3. N-COUNT 失败者;一事无成的人 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. 

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

    人们对埃尔加赞誉有加，但他却常觉得自己是个失败者。

  • I just felt I had been a failure in my personal life.

    我就是觉得我的个人生活很失败。

4. N-UNCOUNT 没做到;不履行 Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it. 

  • She accused the Foreign Office of disgraceful failure to support British citizens arrested overseas.

    她指责说，外交部未能给在海外被捕的英国公民提供支持是可耻的。

  • ...their failure to get the product mix right.

    他们没有把产品组合弄对

5. N-VAR (机器的)故障，失灵;(身体机能的)衰竭 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. 

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

    还有几次事故主要是起飞时引擎出现故障造成的。

  • He was being treated for kidney failure...

    他因肾衰竭正在接受治疗。

  • Researchers found an almost total crop failure and a severe shortage of drinking water.

    研究者们发现作物几乎颗粒无收，并且饮用水严重短缺。

6. N-VAR 破产;倒闭 If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating. 

  • Business failures rose 16% last month.

    上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了 16％。

7. N-VAR 缺乏;不足;不够 If you say that someone has a failure of a particular quality or ability, you mean that they do not have enough of it. 

  • There is, too, a simple failure of imagination...

    还有，就是纯粹缺乏想象力。

  • He remained on his knees for a long time afterwards, ashamed by his failure of nerve.

    他后来在地上跪了很久，为自己缺乏胆量而感到羞耻。

Noun

1. an act that fails;

  • "his failure to pass the test"

2. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose;

  • "the surprise party was a complete failure"

3. lack of success;

  • "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"
  • "that year there was a crop failure"

4. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

5. an unexpected omission;

  • "he resented my failure to return his call"
  • "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"

6. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due;

  • "the company had to declare bankruptcy"
  • "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

7. loss of ability to function normally;

  • "kidney failure"

体育

  • 1.失误
  • 2.失败
  • 3.衰竭
  • 4.故障
  • 5.事故
  • 6.损坏

力学

<名>
  • 1.失效

医学

  • 1.衰竭：无能力工作

法律

  • 1.破产
  • 2.倒闭

电力

<名>
  • 1.失效

电子学

<名>
  • 1.失效
  • 2.故障

电工

<名>
  • 1.失效

航天

<名>
  • 1.破坏
  • 2.失效

航空

<名>
  • 1.失效
  • 2.产品在使用中由于自身质的变化导致产品丧失了预定的工作能力或其性能已劣化成不合格的状态。

计算机

  • 1.(又称)失败 故障
  • 2.,
<名>
  • 1.失效

通信

<名>
  • 1.失效
  • 2.设备执行所需功能的能力已经终止。失效标志着从一种状态变到另一种状态。失效之后，设备即有故障。
1. Failure is the mother of success. If there is nothing good about failure, how can it be the mother of success?
失败是成功之母， 失败如果没有好处，为什么是成功之母？

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2. A power failure created an emergency in traffic and transportation.
停电使交通运输陷入紧急状况。

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3. A power failure plunged the whole house into sudden darkness.
停电了，整个房子突然陷入一片漆黑之中。

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4. Acting before thinking always results in failure.
做事不先考虑总会导致失败。

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5. After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.
停电后，城市一片混乱。

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6. After the failure of the rebellion, many of the rebels took to the hills and became bandits.
叛乱失败以后，许多叛乱分子逃跑躲藏起来成了土匪。

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7. All his intrigues are doomed to failure.
他所有的阴谋诡计注定要失败。

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8. Any attempt to set back the wheel of history is doomed to failure.
任何要使历史倒退的企图都是注定要失败的。

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9. As a writer, he was a complete failure.
作为一个作家，他是个完全失败的人。

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10. Bad management was a cause of the failure.
经营不善是倒闭的一个原因。

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11. Carelessness is the cause of his failure.
粗心是他失败的原因。

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12. Death is caused by cardiac failure.
心脏衰竭引起死亡。

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13. Defeat and failure make people humble.
挫折与失败会使人谦卑。

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14. Does not success or failure hinge on this?
成败之机，其在斯乎？

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15. Don't judge a person by his success or failure.
不能以成败论英雄。

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16. Don't let failure deter you.
别让失败把你吓倒。

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17. Don't let one failure discourage you.
勿因一次失败而气馁。

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18. Failure did not deter us from trying it again.
失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。

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19. Failure did not puncture my confidence.
失败并没有挫伤我的信心。

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20. Failure induces a total sense of inferiority.
失败使人产生自卑。

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