failure
n. 失敗; 失敗的事/人; 沒做到; 故障; 破產; 歉收
Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity.
This policy is doomed to failure...
這項政策註定會失敗。
Three attempts on the British 200-metre record also ended in failure.
對英國 200 米紀錄發起的3 次衝擊也均以失敗而告終。
If something is a failure, it is not a success.
The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it...
他們的婚姻很失敗,兩人都想擺脫它。
His six-year transition programme has by no means been a complete failure.
他的六年轉型計劃絕沒有徹底失敗。
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.
Elgar received many honors and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure...
人們對埃爾加讚譽有加,但他卻常覺得自己是個失敗者。
I just felt I had been a failure in my personal life.
我就是覺得我的個人生活很失敗。
Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it.
She accused the Foreign Office of disgraceful failure to support British citizens arrested overseas.
她指責說,外交部未能給在海外被捕的英國公民提供支援是可恥的。
...their failure to get the product mix right.
他們沒有把產品組合弄對
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.
There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off...
還有幾次事故主要是起飛時引擎出現故障造成的。
He was being treated for kidney failure...
他因腎衰竭正在接受治療。
If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.
Business failures rose 16% last month.
上個月倒閉公司的數量上升了 16%。
If you say that someone has a failure of a particular quality or ability, you mean that they do not have enough of it.
There is, too, a simple failure of imagination...
還有,就是純粹缺乏想象力。
He remained on his knees for a long time afterwards, ashamed by his failure of nerve.
他後來在地上跪了很久,為自己缺乏膽量而感到羞恥。
1. an act that fails;
2. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose;
3. lack of success;
4. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
5. an unexpected omission;
6. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due;
7. loss of ability to function normally;
He was rather apprehensive of failure.
他相當害怕失敗.
This washing machine was guaranteed from mechanical failure — I demand a new one!
這臺洗衣機出售時曾擔保過不出機械性故障——我要換一臺新的.
Don't judge a person by his success or failure.
不能以成敗論英雄.
The operation on the new born infant was a failure.
新生兒的手術失敗了.
Those who go in for intrigues and conspiracy are doomed to failure.
搞陰謀詭計的人註定要失敗.