| 单词 | failure |
| 释义 | failurefailuresfailurefailure /ˈfeɪljə $ -ər/ noun1[uncountable] when someone or something does not succeed OPP success: His career ended in failure.end他的职业生涯以失败告终。2[countable] someone or something that is not successful OPP success: His last album was a total failure.be他最近的一张专辑完全失败。3failure to do something the fact that someone has not done something that they should have done: Failure to present a valid ticket will result in prosecution.无法出示有效车票会被检控。4[uncountable and countable] when a machine or part of your body stops working properlyheart/kidney/liver etc failureHe died of heart failure.die他死于心脏衰竭。a power failure 停电COLLOCATIONS: failureverbsto end in failureThe rescue attempt ended in failure.endto be doomed to failure (=to be certain to fail)His plan was doomed to failure from the start.bedoomto admit failureHe was too proud to admit failure.beadjectivesa complete/total/utter failureThe project was not a complete failure.bea dismal failure (=a very bad and disappointing failure)Our attempt to convince him was a dismal failure.benoun + failurea sense of failureNo child should leave school with a sense of failure.shallfear of failureDon’t let fear of failure stop you from trying.trythe risk/possibility of failureHow can we reduce the risk of failure?an admission of failureDropping out of college would be an admission of failure.dropwillfailure + nounthe failure rate (=the number of people or things that fail)The failure rate for the test is around 30%.beTHESAURUS: failurefail to not succeed: She failed to get a place at university.failTheir plan failed.failflunk informal especially AmE to fail a test: I flunked my English exam.flunknot work if something does not work, it does not do what you wanted: The treatment didn’t work and he had to go back into hospital.haveThis pen doesn’t work.go wrong if something you do goes wrong, it fails, especially after starting well: Our chemistry experiment went wrong.gobe unsuccessful to not have the result that you wanted: Their search was unsuccessful.beHe applied for the job but he was unsuccessful.applybebe a failure to be unsuccessful, with the result that you have wasted your efforts: The trip was badly organized and a complete failure.beorganize |
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