英汉词典

failure 相关例句

名词

1. The new restaurant was a failure and soon closed.
    那家新饭店经营无方，不久便关了门。

2. Failure to obey orders on a ship is mutiny.
    在船上不执行命令就是哗变。

3. There were many bank failures during the depression.
    经济萧条时期许多银行破产。

4. He is a failure as an artist, but a success as an art teacher.
    他不是个成功的艺术家，但是个成功的美术教师。

5. failure的反义词

5. The drought caused crop failure.
    干旱造成农作物歉收。

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

    e.g. This policy is doomed to failure...
           这项政策注定会失败。
    e.g. 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。

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

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. ...their failure to get the product mix right.
           他们没有把产品组合弄对

5. (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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. He was being treated for kidney failure...
           他因肾衰竭正在接受治疗。

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

failure的近义词

    e.g. Business failures rose 16% last month.
           上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了 16％。

7. 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.

    e.g. There is, too, a simple failure of imagination...
           还有，就是纯粹缺乏想象力。
    e.g. 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。

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