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failure

英 ['feɪljə] 美['feljɚ]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

近义词breakdown bankruptcy fizzle fiasco crash

反义词

n. 失败；故障；失败者；破产

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词态变化

复数: failures;

中文词源

failure 失败

来自fail, 失败。

英英释意

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"

英文词源

failure (n.): 1640s, failer, "a failing, deficiency," also "act of failing," from Anglo-French failer, Old French falir "be lacking; not succeed" (see fail (v.)). The verb in Anglo-French used as a noun; ending altered 17c. in English to conform with words in -ure. Meaning "thing or person considered as a failure" is from 1837.

考试真题

The report's writers state that America's failure to invest in infrastructure impacts not only the health of the real-estate market, but also our ability to remain globally competitive.

Our continuing failure to deal with the environmental declines that are undermining the world food economy forces me to conclude that such a collapse is possible.

But it’s one of many low- tech fixes for high-tech failures that people without engineering degrees have discovered, often out of desperation and shared.

Students' belief about the cause of their failure explains their attitude toward setbacks.

I realized these different types of students not only explain their failures differently, but they also hold different theories of intelligence.

Animal experiments by psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania had shown that after repeated failures, most animals conclude that a situation is hopeless and beyond their control.

His mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, lay down some rules.

Its failure to see Fuji photo's emergence.

For those who have suffered failures in business, Steve Jobs's life experience serves as.

If you hear that yours isn't doing well in math, or see them sitting outside the dean's office, it's like a personal failure.

And the school's success or failure depends on their decisions and their behavior

his mother, convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, lay down some rules.

I feel like I'm a failure.

Failure to address comprehensively the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, however, exposes all generations, present and future, to incalculable risks.

Economists' failure to detect the problems in time.

He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due.

After the failure of Lehman Brothers, many of the world’s largest banks feared the worst as the collapse of the housing bubble exposed investments in risky loans.

And because a failure to accept these increased demands indicates a lack of commitment to one's work, the employee complies.

It results from society's failure to tackle the problem.

It allows for failures.

Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools.

In some ways, said Dr.Daniel Sulmasy, it represents a failure of wider society to take up the issue.

Despite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one of the most powerful and innovative economies in the world.

In a paper published recently, Kapur applied the principle of productive failure to mathematical problem solving in three schools.

Failure more often than not breeds success

Government's failure to perform this role in the early 1930s transformed recession into depression.

How does Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust view minority students' failure to get a degree?

We can perhaps claim compensation from the steel suppliers for failure to deliver on time.

What accounts for the failure of some websites to remove photos immediately?

By reflecting on Americans' previous failures in predicting earthquakes.

But insurance will be cold comfort following the failure on October 31st of VSS Enterprise, resulting in the death of one pilot and the severe injury to another.

It's a fact not lost on American educators, who amid rising math failure rates are debating how math can better meet the real-life needs of students.

A quick review of successes and failures at the end of year will help shape your year ahead.

Experts say Paris is right: for a sudden heart failure, the single best chance for survival is having someone nearby step in and do CPR quickly.

Failure blocked his way to success.

Failure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has.

Failure is the mother of success.

From the very beginning of school, we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation.

He broke down as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

It certainly was, Paris had suffered a sudden heart failure.

It was usually because I had let fear of failure stop me from trying at all.

Repeated failure creates a better life.

Some of the early ventures were immediate failures.

Success was now as exciting as failure had been depressing.

The failure was a big blow to him, but he wasn't discouraged and soon got as enthusiastic as ever.

This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney failures and death.

While some people are motivated by a need for success, others are motivated by a fear of failure.

Regrettably, however, the report’s failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.

But her appeal was considered a failure: only 24 companies took it up.

But, the wonderful thing about failure is that it's entirely up to us to decide how to look at it.

Failure can also teach us things about ourselves that we would never have learned otherwise.

For instance, failure can help you discover how strong a person you are.

It's almost impossible to go through life without experiencing some kind of failure.

Or, we can look at failure as the incredible learning experience that it often is.

Regrettably, however, the report's failure to address the true nature of the crisis facing liberal education may cause more harm than good.

We can choose to see failure as "the end of the world," or as proof of just how inadequate we are.

实用场景例句

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。