failure

failure 基本解释

n.  失败; 失败的人(或事物); 未做，未履行(应做之事)

failure 词性变化

复数：failures

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failure 词组短语

• mechanical failure
• transient failure
• mean-time-to-first failure
• failure analysis
• failure cause
• failure logging
• failure record
• catastrophic failure
• chance failure
• equipment failure

failure 详细解释

noun

不成功 not successful

1. 失败
   lack of success in doing or achieving sth
   1. The success or failure of the plan depends on you.
      这项计划的成败取决于你。
   2. The attempt was doomed to failure .
      这项尝试注定失败。
   3. All my efforts ended in failure .
      我的一切努力最后都无济于事。
   4. the problems of economic failure and increasing unemployment
      经济失败和失业人数增加这些问题
   5. 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。
2. 失败的人（或事物）
   a person or thing that is not successful
   1. The whole thing was a complete failure.
      整个事情彻底失败了。
   2. He was a failure as a teacher.
      他当教师并不成功。

未做某事 not doing sth

3. 未做，未履行（应做之事）
   an act of not doing sth, especially sth that you are expected to do
   1. the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies
      联合国未能维持粮食供应
   2. 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

4. 故障；失灵
   the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens
   1. patients suffering from heart/kidney, etc. failure
      心脏、肾等衰竭的病人
   2. A power failure plunged everything into darkness.
      电源故障使一切陷入黑暗。
   3. 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

5. 倒闭
   a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful

庄稼；收成 of crop/harvest

6. 歉收
   a situation in which crops do not grow correctly and do not produce food

failure 同义词辨析

  failuredefeatfiascoflop【导航词义：失败】

  failure n. 失败；失败的人，失败的事

〔辨析〕指做某事时未能达成目标，也可指不成功的人或事。

  defeat n. 失败

〔辨析〕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。

  fiasco n. 惨败

〔辨析〕指让人十分难堪或失望的彻底失败。

  flop n. 〈非正式〉失败之作

〔辨析〕指不受欢迎的产品、电影、戏剧等。

failure 双语例句

1. 1、 This scheme was an abject failure.
   这项计划彻底失败了。
2. 2、 That argument doomed their marriage to failure.
   那次争吵使他们的婚姻注定要失败。
3. 3、 Their plans seemed doomed to failure
   他们的计划好像注定要失败。
4. 4、 This policy is doomed to failure
   这项政策注定会失败。
5. 5、 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。
6. 6、 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。
7. 7、 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。
8. 8、 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。
9. 9、 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。
10. 10、 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。
11. 11、 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。
12. 12、 He was being treated for kidney failure
    他因肾衰竭正在接受治疗。
13. 13、 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。
14. 14、 Business failures rose 16% last month.
    上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了16%。
15. 15、 There is, too, a simple failure of imagination
    还有，就是纯粹缺乏想象力。
16. 16、 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。
17. 17、 These youngsters are motivated not by a desire to achieve, but by fear of failure
    激发这些年轻人的不是对成就的渴望，而是对失败的担心。
18. 18、 Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure
    寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。
19. 19、 Sterling has been hit by the economy's failure to pull out of recession
    经济未能走出衰退，英镑因此受到了打击。
20. 20、 He collapsed from acute renal failure
    他的身体因为严重的肾衰竭而垮掉了。
21. 21、 Your blood would have been checked for any sign of kidney failure.
    应该要对你进行抽血检查的，看是否有任何肾衰竭的迹象。
22. 22、 The country's intellectuals are also being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
    该国知识分子也因未能公开反对该政权受到了指责。
23. 23、 Japan's space ambitions have had a set-back after the failure of an engine in a test run
    一次试运行中的引擎失灵使得日本的太空梦想遭受了挫折。
24. 24、 This was an uncharitable assessment of the reasons for the failure.
    这是对失败原因毫不讲情面的分析评估。
25. 25、 You know perfectly well I can't be blamed for the failure of that mission
    你很清楚那次任务的失败不该怪我。
26. 26、 Any attempt to set back the wheel of history is doomed to failure.
    任何要使历史倒退的企图都是注定要失败的。
27. 27、 This bodes ill for the failure of the programme.
    这是那项计划有凶兆。
28. 28、 The success or failure of the matter depends on your own effort.
    事情的成败在你自己的努力。
29. 29、 Bad management was a cause of the failure.
    经营不善是倒闭的一个原因。
30. 30、 The failure is the result of our lack of foresight.
    这次失败是由于我们缺乏远虑而造成的。

failure 英英释义

noun

1. an unexpected omission
   1. he resented my failure to return his call
   2. the mechanic's failure to check the brakes

2. an act that fails
   1. his failure to pass the test

3. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
   1. the surprise party was a complete failure

4. a person with a record of failing

   Synonym:    losernonstarterunsuccessful person

5. loss of ability to function normally
   1. kidney failure

6. lack of success
   1. he felt that his entire life had been a failure
   2. that year there was a crop failure

7. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
   1. the company had to declare bankruptcy
   2. fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks

   Synonym:    bankruptcy