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

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

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"
   

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 tofailure...
这项政策注定会失败。
e.g. Three attempts on the British 200-metre record also ended infailure.
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 isa failure, it is not a success.

failure的反义词

e.g. The marriage was afailure 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 completefailure.
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 isa 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 afailure...
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 afailure 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
Yourfailure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it.

failure的意思

e.g. She accused the Foreign Office of disgracefulfailure 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. ...theirfailure 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 afailure 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 kidneyfailure...
他因肾衰竭正在接受治疗。

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

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 afailure of a particular quality or ability, you mean that they do not have enough of it.

e.g. There is, too, a simplefailure 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 hisfailure of nerve.
他后来在地上跪了很久，为自己缺乏胆量而感到羞耻。

I shall have another chance in the event of failure.

如果失败，我还有另一个机会。

The play was a dead failure.

这场戏完全失败了。

I was a failure in my own eyes.

在我眼里,我是个失败者。

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。

His failure stems from his carelessness.

他的失败是由于疏忽。

We must try to cope with our own failure.

我们必须设法应付我们自己的疏忽。

Policy failure is common in market economy.

在市场经济体制下,经常会出现政策失灵。

He gloated over his brother's failure to win the prize.

他弟弟未能获奖，他却幸灾乐祸。

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。

The success or failure of the plan depends on you.

这项计划的成败取决于你。

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这些问题

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 whole thing was a complete failure.

整个事情彻底失败了。

He was a failure as a teacher.

他当教师并不成功。

the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies

联合国未能维持粮食供应

failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.

不遵守规章制度将被起诉。

patients suffering from heart'/kidney, etc. failure

心脏、肾等衰竭的病人

A power failure plunged everything into darkness.

电源故障使一切陷入黑暗。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

...their failure to get the product mix right.

他们没有把产品组合弄对

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。

He was being treated for kidney failure...

他因肾衰竭正在接受治疗。

Business failures rose 16% last month.

上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了 16％。

There is, too, a simple failure of imagination...

还有，就是纯粹缺乏想象力。

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。

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。

This policy is doomed to failure...

这项政策注定会失败。

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。

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。

动词+～

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

形容词+～

• failure">complete failure彻底失败
• failure">abject failure惨败

介词+～

• failure">learn through failure从失败中学习

～+介词

• failure%20in%20love">failure in love失恋
• failure%20of%20a%20promise">the failure of a promise失约

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

  出自：M. Elphinstone

求职面试

B：How do you handle yourfailure？
你怎样对待自己的失敗？

A：None of us was born "perfect". I am sure I will be given a second chance to correct my mistake.
我们大家生来都不是十全十美的，我相信我有第二个机会改正我的错误。

• ☆ 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。