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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryfail·ure \ˈfāl-yər\ noun ETYMOLOGY alteration of earlier failer, from Anglo-French, from Old French faillir to fail DATE 16431. a. omission of occurrence or performance; specifically : a failing to perform a duty or expected action failure to pay the rent on time b. (1) a state of inability to perform a normal function kidney failure — compare heart failure (2) an abrupt cessation of normal functioning a power failure c. a fracturing or giving way under stress structural failure2. a. lack of success b. a failing in business : bankruptcy3. a. a falling short : deficiency a crop failure b. deterioration, decay4. one that has failedOxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7☞ failurefail·ure / 5feiljE(r) / nounNOT SUCCESSFUL 不成功 1. [U] lack of success in doing or achieving sth 失败: 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。 OPP success 2. [C] a person or thing that is not successful 失败的人(或事物): 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。 OPP success NOT DOING STH 未做某事 3. [U, C] ~ to do sth an act of not doing sth, especially sth that you are expected to do 未做,未履行(应做之事): 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。 OF MACHINE / PART OF BODY 机器；身体部位 4. [U, C] the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens 故障；失灵: 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。 OF BUSINESS 企业 5. [C, U] business ~ a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful 倒闭OF CROP / HARVEST 庄稼；收成 6. [U, C] crop / harvest ~ a situation in which crops do not grow correctly and do not produce food 歉收Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishfailure noun 1 lack of success ADJ. complete, total | abject, humiliating, ignominious The attempt ended in abject failure. | inevitable | costly | alleged, apparent, perceived | evident | comparative, relative | initial Initial failure was followed by unexpected, if modest, success. | ultimate War is the ultimate failure of public communication. | personal | moral | academic | economic, financial | military VERB + FAILURE be doomed to, end in, result in All her efforts were doomed to failure. | admit, confess He was too proud to admit failure. | expect Children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism. | fear | avoid FAILURE + NOUN rate There is a high failure rate with this treatment. PHRASES fear of failure Fear of failure should not deter you from trying. | a history of failure John had a long history of academic failure. | a possibility/risk of failure, a sense of failure 2 unsuccessful person/thing ADJ. great, serious | complete, total, utter | catastrophic, disastrous | abject, conspicuous, dismal, humiliating, ignominious, lamentable, miserable | costly | heroic Her ideas were large: if she could not succeed, she would at least be a heroic failure. | alleged, apparent, perceived | evident | comparative, relative | past to learn from past failures | rare The film was one of the rare failures in his career. | unexpected | personal | collective | moral | academic | economic, financial economic failure and increasing unemployment | military VERB + FAILURE be, represent | prove The venture proved a costly failure. | feel I felt a complete failure. | consider sb/sth, regard sb/sth as | brand sb/sth, pronounce sb/sth Her parents had long since branded her a failure. FAILURE + VERB arise from sth failures arising from circumstances beyond your control PREP. ~ of The decision to withdraw funding represents a failure of imagination. 3 not doing sth ADJ. fundamental | general | manifest | consistent, constant, continued/continuing, persistent, repeated | government, management government failure to listen to the voice of the electorate VERB + FAILURE excuse, justify seeking to excuse his failure to ask her permission 4 of a machine/system/part of the body, etc. ADJ. battery, brake, component, computer, engine, equipment, mechanical, power, system, technical | bank, business, commercial, company, corporate, market Business failures rose by 30% in 2001. | brain, heart, kidney, liver | crop, harvest | communication VERB + FAILURE cause, lead to, result in a rare viral infection that can lead to heart failure FAILURE + VERB occur A power failure occurred between 4 and 5 p.m. PREP. ~ in a failure in the computer system Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionn. Function: noun 1 omission of performance of an action or task FF1C;the mechanic's failure to adjust the brakesFF1E; Synonyms: default, delinquency, dereliction, neglect, oversight Related Words: laxity, negligence, remissness, slackness; indifference, unconcern Contrasted Words: accomplishment, achievement, discharge, effectuation, fulfillment 2 lack of satisfactory performance or effect FF1C;the failure of the candidate in the electionFF1E; Synonyms: defeat, insuccess, nonsuccess, unsuccess, unsuccessfulness Related Words: failing, fault, imperfection, shortcoming Idioms: no go Antonyms: success 3 the fact or state of being inadequate FF1C;the crop failurebrought on a near famineFF1E; Synonyms: defalcation, deficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, scantiness, shortage, underage; compare ABSENCE, SCARCITY Related Words: inferiority, meagerness, poorness, skimpiness; dearth, paucity Contrasted Words: abundance, adequacy, sufficiency 4 a marked weakening FF1C;felt a gradual failure of physical strengthFF1E; Synonyms: declination, decline, deterioration, ebbing, waning Related Words: debilitation, enfeeblement, exhaustion, flagging, weakness Contrasted Words: improvement; invigoration, revitalization, strengthening 5 one that has failed FF1C;he is a failure in school because of inattentionFF1E; Synonyms: bomb, bummer, bust, dud, flop, lemon, loser Related Words: botch, fiasco, fizzle, hash, muddle, washout; has-been, might-have-been Antonyms: successWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedSearch result show the entry is found in: cardiac failure , or compression failure , or congestive heart failure , or coronary failure , or definite failure of issue , or failure of issue , or general failure of issue , or heart failure , or indefinite failure of issuefail·ure\ˈfālyə(r)\ noun(-s)Etymology: alteration (influenced by -ure) of earlier failer, from Anglo-French failer, from Old French faillir to fail — more at fail1. a. : omission of performance of an action or task; especially :neglect of an assigned, expected, or appropriate action < the mechanic's failure to adjust the brake > < the failure of students to write complete sentences > < the scout's failure to rejoin the party > b. : the fact of a certain action or process not having occurred :the fact of nonoccurrence < failure of the water to pass through the pipe > < the failure of the drug to have a harmful effect >2. : want of success : lack of satisfactory performance or effect < the failure of the attack on the fort > < the failure of the candidate in the election >3. obsolete : failing, lapse4. a. : deficiency, lack : the fact of being cumulatively inadequate or not matching hopes or expectations < the crop failures brought on near famine > b. : absence, nonexistence < through failure of heirs, most of the state societies had disintegrated — A.F.Harlow > c. : marked weakening : the fact of becoming exhausted or enfeebled : deterioration < any impairment or failure of his bodily vigor through sickness or age — J.C.Frazer > d. medicine : inability to perform a vital function < heart failure > e. : a collapsing, fracturing, or giving way under stress : inability of a material or structure to fulfill an intended purpose5. a. : bankruptcy < the failure of the company > < the failure of a friend whose note he had endorsed > b. : a venture financially unsuccessful < although a contribution to literature, the play was a box-office failure >6. : a person or thing that has failed < people who were either failures or had had no ambitions — Louis Bromfield > < the war against the confederation was a failure >7. a. : the fact of failing in a test or course b. : a failing grade c. : a student who has failedSynonyms: neglect, default, miscarriage, dereliction: failure implies a lack or absence of something expected especially in performance or achievement < the failure of the courts in the past to formulate any principle for drawing a boundary line around the right of free speech — Zechariah Chafee > < the ailing civilization pays the penalty for its failure of vitality by becoming disintegrated — A.J.Toynbee > < nutritional failure due to inadequate intake of proteins and vitamins — Journal American Medical Association > neglect implies carelessness or inattentiveness resulting in incompleteness or inadequacy of performance or achievement < any neglect to take into consideration the relations of the social framework can only lead to a defective understanding — M.F.A.Montagu > < so intent on taking care of the physical mechanics of getting things done, their creative and imaginative faculties suffer from neglect — Phoenix Flame > < driven to extreme bitterness by public neglect of his work — American Guide Series: New York > default, now chiefly in legal context, implies a failure to perform something required, usually by total omission of any action at all < some of our decisions … are arrived at by default — that is, by “letting things go” — W.J.Reilly > < betraying by default the privileges of citizenship in a democratic society — Vera M. Dean > < in some default of faith too base for words — William Alfred > miscarriage is often used when one cannot assign or wishes to avoid assigning specific blame for a failure < it seems to me a miscarriage of the artist's job if his reputation does his work for him — William Arrowsmith > < we fear … some miscarriage in the details of our plan — J.W.Krutch > < a miscarriage of justice > dereliction is extremely strong in signifying or implying a neglect or nonobservance amounting to a reprehensible abandonment of a morally compelling duty, law, or principle < there is a moral dereliction in failure by any member of a profession to apply in professional practice the standards which, by consensus of opinion in the profession, are necessary — Journal American Medical Association > < every good reporter knows that his friendship for a news source must never extend so far as disregard of official dereliction or incompetence — F.L.Mott > < a manager who fails to throw out hour-old coffee and replace it with fresh coffee is warned not to repeat his dereliction — Jack Alexander >

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