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failure n.失败；失败者；不及格；疏忽；失灵；未能；悲惨的事 (1) 如果失败，我还有另一个机会。(2) 这场戏完全失败了。(3) 在我眼里,我是个失败者。(4) 他的失败是由于疏忽。(5) 我们必须设法应付我们自己的疏忽。(6) 在市场经济体制下,经常会出现政策失灵。(7) 他弟弟未能获奖，他却幸灾乐祸。(8) 由于未能按期付款，他的汽车被收回去了。 Failure can also mean when something suddenly stops working or when you don't do something that you're expected to. A power failure might create an opportunity for a romantic candlelight dinner. Your failure to pay the electric bill may lead to a lot of romantic candlelight dinners, as long as you at least paid the gas bill. Someone who has no success in life a failure, as is an effort that doesn't work like your failure of a presidential campaign.

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英 ['feɪljə(r)] 美 ['feɪljər] (1) I shall have another chance in the event of failure.(2) The play was a dead failure.(3) I was a failure in my own eyes.(4) His failure stems from his carelessness.(5) We must try to cope with our own failure.(6) Policy failure is common in market economy.(7) He gloated over his brother's failure to win the prize.(8) His car was taken back because of failure to meet payments. If you experience failure, things have not gone the way you'd hoped. I'm sorry to hear that your attempt to turn hay into gold has been a failure. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]失败；不成功 Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity. 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。...feelings of failure.挫败感2[N-COUNT 可数名词]失败的事；败绩 If something is a failure, it is not a success. The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it...他们的婚姻很失败，两人都想摆脱它。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。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]失败者；一事无成的人 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。4[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]没做到；不履行 Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it.   [N to-inf]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5[N-VAR 可变名词](机器的)故障，失灵；(身体机能的)衰竭 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.   [with supp]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。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。6[N-VAR 可变名词]破产；倒闭 If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.   [with supp]  [BUSINESS 商]Business failures rose 16% last month.上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了 16％。7[N-VAR 可变名词]缺乏；不足；不够 If you say that someone has a failure of a particular quality or ability, you mean that they do not have enough of it.   [N of n]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。

英语单词	failure
英美音标	英 ['feɪljə(r)] 美 ['feɪljər]
中文释义	n.失败；失败者；不及格；疏忽；失灵；未能；悲惨的事
英语例句	(1) I shall have another chance in the event of failure. (2) The play was a dead failure. (3) I was a failure in my own eyes. (4) His failure stems from his carelessness. (5) We must try to cope with our own failure. (6) Policy failure is common in market economy. (7) He gloated over his brother's failure to win the prize. (8) His car was taken back because of failure to meet payments.
中文例句	(1) 如果失败，我还有另一个机会。 (2) 这场戏完全失败了。 (3) 在我眼里,我是个失败者。 (4) 他的失败是由于疏忽。 (5) 我们必须设法应付我们自己的疏忽。 (6) 在市场经济体制下,经常会出现政策失灵。 (7) 他弟弟未能获奖，他却幸灾乐祸。 (8) 由于未能按期付款，他的汽车被收回去了。
vocabulary简明	If you experience failure, things have not gone the way you'd hoped. I'm sorry to hear that your attempt to turn hay into gold has been a failure.
vocabulary扩展	Failure can also mean when something suddenly stops working or when you don't do something that you're expected to. A power failure might create an opportunity for a romantic candlelight dinner. Your failure to pay the electric bill may lead to a lot of romantic candlelight dinners, as long as you at least paid the gas bill. Someone who has no success in life a failure, as is an effort that doesn't work like your failure of a presidential campaign.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]失败；不成功 Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity. 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。 ...feelings of failure. 挫败感 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]失败的事；败绩 If something is a failure, it is not a success. The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it... 他们的婚姻很失败，两人都想摆脱它。 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。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]失败者；一事无成的人 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。 4 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]没做到；不履行 Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it. [N to-inf] 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 5 [N-VAR 可变名词](机器的)故障，失灵；(身体机能的)衰竭 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. [with supp] 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。 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。 6 [N-VAR 可变名词]破产；倒闭 If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating. [with supp] [BUSINESS 商] Business failures rose 16% last month. 上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了 16％。 7 [N-VAR 可变名词]缺乏；不足；不够 If you say that someone has a failure of a particular quality or ability, you mean that they do not have enough of it. [N of n] 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。

Failure I N Var 可变名词 Policy Stops Working Expected