failure

n

• ① 失败(←→success)
  • Our plan ended in [met with] failure.我们的计划终归失败。
  • His failure in business was due to his carelessness.他生意失败是由于他的粗心。

• ② 失败者;失败的事
  • He was a complete failure as a poet [in poetry].做为诗人来说,他完全是个失败者。
  • The meeting was a failure.那次会议失败了。

• ③ 忽略;未做;未能
  • Her failure to attend the meeting worried me.她未能出席会议使我担心。

• ④ 缺乏,不足
  • a failure of crops=a crop failure歉收(★一般用后者)

• ⑤ (力量等的)减[衰]退<in, of>
  • a failure in health健康衰退

• ⑥ (机器、器官的)停止,机能不全,故障
  • a mechanical [an engine] failure机器[引擎]故障

• ⑦ 停止支付;破产,倒闭
  • a financial failure财务上的破产
  • the failure of a bank银行的倒闭

• ⑧ 1不及格2不及格的分数[等第]3不及格者;落伍者