failure

英 ['feɪljə(r)] 美 ['feɪljər]

• n. 失败；失败者；不及格；疏忽；失灵；未能；悲惨的事

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]失败,不成功

   lack of success; act of failing

2. [C]失败的人〔事〕

   a person or thing that fails

3. [U][C]未执行,未实现,未运转

   the non-performance or non-production of sth

4. [C][U]无法继续经营,倒闭

   inability of a business to continue, especially through lack of money

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 失败
2. 失败者
3. 衰退
4. 破产
5. 不履行，没做到
6. 故障
7. 不足，缺乏
8. 倒闭
9. 不及格
10. 失败的事
11. 疏忽
12. 不及格者
13. 失败的尝试
14. 【医】衰竭
15. 玩忽
16. 无力支付
17. 失灵

英英释义

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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I shall have another chance in the event of failure.
   如果失败，我还有另一个机会。
2. The play was a dead failure.
   这场戏完全失败了。
3. I was a failure in my own eyes.
   在我眼里,我是个失败者。
4. In a word, his failure in the final exam did not surprise me.
   总而言之,他考试不及格并没使我吃惊。
5. His failure stems from his carelessness.
   他的失败是由于疏忽。
6. We must try to cope with our own failure.
   我们必须设法应付我们自己的疏忽。
7. Policy failure is common in market economy.
   在市场经济体制下,经常会出现政策失灵。
8. He gloated over his brother's failure to win the prize.
   他弟弟未能获奖，他却幸灾乐祸。
9. His car was taken back because of failure to meet payments.
   由于未能按期付款，他的汽车被收回去了。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Failure teaches success.
   失败是成功之母。
2. As a writer, he was a complete failure.
   作为一个作家,他是个完全失败的人。
3. Their failure to reach an agreement brought the two countries to the brink of war.
   他们未能达成协议,使得两个国家处在战争的边缘。
4. The failure of the bank caused a panic in the town.
   这家银行的破产在城里引起了恐慌。

经典引文

• On the failure of issue..an adopted son succeeds.

  出自： M. Elphinstone

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• confess failure 承认失败
• end in failure 以失败告终

形容词+～

• complete failure 彻底失败
• abject failure 惨败

介词+～

• learn through failure 从失败中学习

～+介词

• failure in love 失恋
• the failure of a promise 失约

词源解说

• ☆ 17世纪40年代进入英语，直接源自盎格鲁法语的faillir；最初源自法语的faillir，意为缺乏，不足。

近反义词

【近义词】

• bankruptcy 破产
• breakdown 崩溃
• disappointment 失望
• fiasco 惨败
• crash 撞击
• collapse （使）倒塌
• letdown 失望
• catastrophe 大灾难
• bomb 炸弹
• stoppage 罢工
• malfunction 故障
• seizure 夺取
• closure 关闭
• insolvency 无力偿还
• ruin 毁灭
• fizzle 发嘶嘶声
• delinquency （少年）犯罪...
• misadventure 不幸
• downfall 垮台
• defection 背叛
• nonstarter 弃权出赛的马...
• loser 失败者

【反义词】

• success 成功