failure
- n.失败;故障;倒闭;未做，未履行(应做之事);歉收;失败的人(或事物)
复数： failures
fail v.失败 + -ure 表名词
failurenoun
不成功 not successful
失败
lack of success in doing or achieving sth
The success or failure of the plan depends on you.
这项计划的成败取决于你。
The attempt was doomed to failure .
这项尝试注定失败。
All my efforts ended in failure .
我的一切努力最后都无济于事。
the problems of economic failure and increasing unemployment
经济失败和失业人数增加这些问题
She is still coming to terms with the failure of her marriage.
她还在努力适应婚姻失败的事实。
失败的人（或事物）
a person or thing that is not successful
The whole thing was a complete failure.
整个事情彻底失败了。
He was a failure as a teacher.
他当教师并不成功。
未做某事 not doing sth
未做，未履行（应做之事）
an act of not doing sth, especially sth that you are expected to do
the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies
联合国未能维持粮食供应
Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.
不遵守规章制度将被起诉。
机器；身体部位 of machine/part of body
故障；失灵
the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens
patients suffering from heart/kidney, etc. failure
心脏、肾等衰竭的病人
A power failure plunged everything into darkness.
电源故障使一切陷入黑暗。
The cause of the crash was given as engine failure.
撞车事故的原因被认定是发动机故障。
企业 of business
倒闭
a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful
庄稼；收成 of crop/harvest
歉收
a situation in which crops do not grow correctly and do not produce food
failure
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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％。
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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。
noun
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- an unexpected omission
- he resented my failure to return his call
- the mechanic's failure to check the brakes
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- an act that fails
- his failure to pass the test
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- an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
- the surprise party was a complete failure
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- a person with a record of failing;someone who loses consistently
- Synonym: loser nonstarter unsuccessful person
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- loss of ability to function normally
- kidney failure
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- lack of success
- he felt that his entire life had been a failure
- that year there was a crop failure
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- 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
- Synonym: bankruptcy
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There was much discussion about the reasons for the failure .
就失败的原因进行了大量的讨论。
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A culture of failure exists in some schools .
在某些学校中存在着失败文化。
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The failure of the company was a direct result of bad management .
公司倒闭的直接原因是经营不善。
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The success or failure of the plan depends on you .
这项计划的成败取决于你。
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The cause of the crash was given as engine failure .
撞车事故的原因被认定是发动机故障。
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It soon became clear that the programme was a failure .
没多久便可清楚地看出，这个节目不受欢迎。
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The word ' failure ' is not in his vocabulary .
在他的词典中没有“失败”这个词。
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She felt that her failure would bring shame on her family .
她觉得她的失败会使家人蒙羞。
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The whole thing was a complete failure .
整个事情彻底失败了。
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Don 't be discouraged by the first failure ─ try again !
不要因第一次失败就灰心丧气——再试一次吧！
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Their recent attempt to increase sales has been a dismal failure .
他们最近努力想提高销售量，全是白费劲。
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Fear of failure was bred into him at an early age .
他从小就养成了对失败的恐惧。
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Their early success was succeeded by a period of miserable failure .
他们起初获得成功，但随后有一段惨痛失败的时期。
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Their failure to act is indicative of their lack of interest .
他们未采取行动，这表示他们没有兴趣。
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Failure to comply with these conditions will result in termination of the contract .
不遵守这些条件将导致合同终止。
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Thousands are going hungry because of the failure of this year 's harvest .
由于今年粮食歉收，成千上万的人在挨饿。
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Given the failure of the previous plan , this turned out to be a relative success .
由于前面那个计划失败了，这个计划算是比较成功的。
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The crop failure spelt disaster for many farmers .
对许多农民来说，庄稼歉收就意味着灾难。
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Years of failure have sapped him of his confidence .
连年失败使他逐渐丧失了自信。
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A power failure plunged everything into darkness .
电源故障使一切陷入黑暗。
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All my efforts ended in failure .
我的一切努力最后都无济于事。
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The play was a miserable failure .
这部话剧是个可悲的失败。
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Any attempt to construct an ideal society is foredoomed to failure .
任何构建理想社会的努力都注定要失败。
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The plan was doomed to failure .
这个计划注定要失败。
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I felt foolish and a failure .
我自觉是个愚蠢的失败者。
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Her confidence has been slowly eroded by repeated failures .
她的自信心因屡屡失败慢慢消磨掉了。
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Pilot error , to wit failure to follow procedures , was the cause of the accident .
飞行员的失误，即没有遵守操作程序，是事故的原因。
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The attempt was doomed to failure .
这项尝试注定失败。
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Failure was slowly destroying him .
失败渐渐地把他毁了。
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The failure of the talks was mainly due to insensitivity and mistiming .
会谈失败主要是由于反应迟钝和时机不对。
指做某事时未能达成目标，也可指不成功的人或事。
Their action ended in failure.
他们的行动以失败而告终。
She felt she was a failure in the others' eyes.
她觉得在别人眼中自己是个失败的人。
His election campaign was a complete failure.
他的竞选活动完全失败。
多指在与某一方的对抗中所遭遇的失败，如在战争、比赛、竞选等中的失利，也可泛指未能做成某事。
a narrow defeat
惜败
The commander admitted defeat in the battle.
指挥官承认此次战役失败了。
指让人十分难堪或失望的彻底失败。
His first audition was a fiasco.
他第一次试镜彻底失败。
He hoped that the supper his girlfriend made would not be a fiasco.
他希望女朋友做的晚饭不会完全无法下咽。
指不受欢迎的产品、电影、戏剧等。
The flop of the novel discouraged the writer.
小说的失败让作者非常沮丧。
The monotonous dialogue made the film a complete flop.
单调的对白使这部电影一败涂地。
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