failure
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈfeɪljə(r)/
/ˈfeɪljər/
- [uncountable, countable] lack of success in doing or achieving something
失败 - The success or failure of the plan depends on you.
这项计划的成败取决于你。 - 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。 - 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的问题 - Their bid to win the contract resulted in abject failure.
他们争取赢得合同的努力以彻底失败告终。 - The decision to withdraw funding represents a failure of imagination.
撤资决定表明了幻想的破灭。 - the intelligence failures that preceded the terrorist attacks
恐怖袭击前的情报失误
Topics Difficulty and failureb2- All her efforts were doomed to failure.
她付出的所有努力注定会失败。 - Children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism.
成绩不好的孩子往往容易想到失败和受批评。 - Fear of failure should not deter you from trying.
不应该因为害怕失败而放弃尝试。 - He attributes the failure of the project to lack of government support.
他把这一项目的失败归因于缺乏政府的支持。 - He was too proud to admit failure.
他太骄傲了，不愿认输。 - I blame the failure of our relationship on my husband.
我把我们关系的破裂归咎于我的丈夫。 - I will not tolerate failure.
我不会容忍失败。 - Initial failure was followed by unexpected, if modest, success.
最初的失败之后是意想不到的成功，即便并不辉煌。 - John had a long history of academic failure.
约翰学习成绩差不是一天两天了。 - There is a high failure rate with this treatment.
这项治疗的失败率很高。 - War is the ultimate failure of public communication.
战争是政府沟通最终失败的结果。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- total
- abject
- …
- be doomed to
- end in
- result in
- …
- rate
- fear of failure
- a history of failure
- a possibility of failure
- …
- The success or failure of the plan depends on you.
- [countable] a person or thing that is not successful
失败的人（或事物） - The whole thing was a complete failure.
整个事情彻底失败了。 - A team learns from experience, both successes and failures.
一个团体应该从成功与失败的经验中学习。 - failure as something He was a failure as a teacher.
他当教师并不成功。
Topics Difficulty and failureb2- Her ideas were large: if she could not succeed, she would at least be a heroic failure.
她的想法很有前瞻性：即使没有成功，她至少也是一位有勇气的失败者。 - I felt (like) a complete failure.
我觉得自己是一个彻底的失败者。 - The film was one of the rare failures in his career.
这部电影是他职业生涯中少有的败笔之一。 - The venture proved a costly failure.
此次投机最终失败，且代价巨大。 - This breach constitutes a serious failure in performance.
这次背约构成严重违约。 - failures arising from circumstances beyond your control
无法控制的环境因素导致的失败 - to learn from past failures
从以往的失败中学习 - The project was considered a failure in both technical and economic terms.
这个项目在技术和经济上都被认为是失败的。 - The rebellion was a dismal failure.
叛乱是一次令人沮丧的失败。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- serious
- …
- be
- represent
- prove
- …
- arise from something
- failure of
- The whole thing was a complete failure.
- [uncountable, countable] an act of not doing something, especially something that you are expected to do
未做，未履行（应做之事） - failure to do something Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.
不遵守规章制度将被起诉。 - the city's failure to provide an efficient public transport system
该市未能提供高效的公共交通系统 - the government's failure to carry out reforms in the energy sector
政府未能在能源领域进行改革 - His confession followed repeated failures to appear in court.
屡次缺席出庭后他供认了罪行。 - failure of somebody/something to do something the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies
联合国未能维持粮食供应 - failure by somebody/something to do something a report on the failure by the police to protect her
关于警方未能保护她的报告
- Nothing can excuse your failure to ask my permission.
不管什么原因都不能成为你不征得我允许的借口。 - He lamented his failure to formulate a satisfactory theory.
他为自己未能创立令人满意的理论而痛惜不已。 - government failure to listen to the voice of the electorate
政府没有听取选民的意见
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fundamental
- general
- manifest
- …
- excuse
- justify
- constitute
- …
- failure to do something Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.
- [uncountable, countable] the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens
故障；失灵 - patients suffering from heart/kidney/liver failure
患有心脏/肾脏/肝脏衰竭的病人 - renal/respiratory failure
肾衰竭/呼吸衰竭 - Production has been hampered by mechanical failure.
生产因机械故障而受阻。 - A power failure plunged everything into darkness.
停电使一切陷入黑暗。 - 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。 - Poor maintenance caused the failure of two electricity generators.
维护不善导致两台发电机故障。
- patients with chronic renal failure
患有慢性肾功能衰竭的病人 - the commonest cause of acute liver failure
引起急性肝功能衰竭最常见的原因 - The aircraft seems to have experienced an engine failure.
这架飞机的发动机似乎出现过故障。 - a failure in the computer system
计算机系统故障 - a rare viral infection that can lead to heart failure
可引起心力衰竭的罕见病毒感染
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mechanical
- structural
- technical
- …
- cause
- lead to
- result in
- …
- occur
- failure in
- patients suffering from heart/kidney/liver failure
- [countable, uncountable] a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful
倒闭 - There has been an alarming increase in business failures.
企业倒闭数字的上升令人担忧。 - Are we going to see more closures or failures in the ISP business?
我们会在互联网服务提供商业务中看到更多的关闭或失败吗？ - Business failures rose by 30% in 2018.
2018年，企业倒闭增加了30%。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mechanical
- structural
- technical
- …
- cause
- lead to
- result in
- …
- occur
- failure in
- There has been an alarming increase in business failures.
- [uncountable, countable] crop/harvest failure a situation in which crops do not grow correctly and do not produce food
歉收 - Bad weather has resulted in crop failure.
恶劣的天气导致农作物歉收。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mechanical
- structural
- technical
- …
- cause
- lead to
- result in
- …
- occur
- failure in
- Bad weather has resulted in crop failure.
not successful不成功
not doing something未做某事
of machine/part of body机器；身体部位
of business企业
of crop/harvest庄稼；收成
词源mid 17th cent. (originally as failer, in the senses ‘non-occurrence’ and ‘stopping of supply’): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir, based on Latin fallere ‘deceive’.