failures

英 [ˈfeɪljəz]

美 [ˈfeɪljərz]

n.  失败; 失败的人(或事物); 未做，未履行(应做之事)
failure的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 失败;不成功
  Failureis a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity.
  1. This policy is doomed to failure...
     这项政策注定会失败。
  2. 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。
  3. ...feelings of failure.
     挫败感
• N-COUNT 失败的事;败绩
  If something isa failure, it is not a success.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 失败者;一事无成的人
  If you say that someone isa failure, you mean that they have not succeeded in a particular activity, or that they are unsuccessful at everything they do.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 没做到;不履行
  Yourfailure todo a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it.
  1. 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。
  2. ...their failure to get the product mix right.
     他们没有把产品组合弄对
• N-VAR (机器的)故障，失灵;(身体机能的)衰竭
  If there is afailureof something, for example a machine or part of the body, it goes wrong and stops working or developing properly.
  1. 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。
  2. He was being treated for kidney failure...
     他因肾衰竭正在接受治疗。
  3. 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。
• N-VAR 破产;倒闭
  If there is afailureof a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.
  1. Business failures rose 16% last month.
     上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了 16％。
• N-VAR 缺乏;不足;不够
  If you say that someone has afailure ofa particular quality or ability, you mean that they do not have enough of it.
  1. There is, too, a simple failure of imagination...
     还有，就是纯粹缺乏想象力。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• He seemed very dejected at his repeated failures.
  一连串的失败，使他灰溜溜的。
• I use mistakes and failures as opportunities for development and raising standards.
  我把错误和失败看做是自己成长和提升标准的机会。
• Improper system operating temperatures and chemical incompatibly can cause a variety of functional and structural failures.
  不适当的系统工作温度和化学不兼容性可能导致各种各样的功能和结构故障。
• Despite numerous failures, they continued to conduct the experiment without flagging.
  尽管实验几次都失败了，他们仍毫不气馁地继续进行。
• He has become a convenient whipping boy for the failures of the old regime.
  他成了现成的替罪羊，为旧政权的失败担受罪名。
• Business failures rose 16% last month.
  上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了16%。
• After studying the lessons drawn from previous failures, the coach pulled his team together for the forthcoming tournament.
  教练研究了前几次失败的教训之后，要队员们齐心协力，投入到即将到来的锦标赛。
• His failures underline the difference between theatre and film direction.
  他的失败说明了导演戏剧和电影是不同的。
• I own all my successes, and all my failures and mistakes.
  我也拥有我的成功，失败和错误。
• Today's opportunities erase yesterday's failures.
  今天的机会抹去了昨天的失败。