failure
failure
英[ˈfeɪljə(r)]美[ˈfeɪljər]
n.失败，失败的事/人，没做到，故障，破产，歉收；
复数：failures;
例句
He thought of a reason to explain away his failure.他想出一个理由为他的失败辩解。
It all adds up to a complete failure.事情总起来说是彻底失败了。
His failure resulted from not working hard enough.他的失败是工作不够努力造成的。
the failure of radicalism at the end of the 1980s中国80年代末期文化激进主义的失败
The concert was a failure because the instruments were wrongly keyed.那场音乐会失败了,因为乐器定错调了。
She took her failure in the examination to heart.她为考试不及格而伤心不已。
The boy laughed at his failure in the exam.这男孩对考试不及格不以为然。
It seemed that his failure was predestined.他的失败似乎是命中注定的。
a rare viral infection that can lead to heart failure可引起心力衰竭的罕见病*感染
He was apparently unconcerned by his failure to gain a university place.看来他没有把没考上大学这事放在心上。
英语六级真题
Failure to address comprehensively the problem of greenhouse gas emissions, however, exposes all generations, present and future, to incalculable risks.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文Economists' failure to detect the problems in time.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文He predicts high failure rates for smaller, regional banks in 2010 as commercial real estate loans come due.
出自-2016年6月听力原文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.
出自-2016年6月听力原文And because a failure to accept these increased demands indicates a lack of commitment to one's work, the employee complies.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文It results from society's failure to tackle the problem.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文It allows for failures.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Informal learning environments tolerate failure better than schools.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文In some ways, said Dr.Daniel Sulmasy, it represents a failure of wider society to take up the issue.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Despite its failure to shatter the glass ceiling,Sweden has one of the most powerful and innovative economies in the world.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文In a paper published recently, Kapur applied the principle of productive failure to mathematical problem solving in three schools.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文Failure more often than not breeds success
出自-2013年12月阅读原文Government's failure to perform this role in the early 1930s transformed recession into depression.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文How does Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust view minority students' failure to get a degree?
出自-2011年6月阅读原文We can perhaps claim compensation from the steel suppliers for failure to deliver on time.
出自-2013年6月听力原文What accounts for the failure of some websites to remove photos immediately?
出自-2010年12月听力原文By reflecting on Americans' previous failures in predicting earthquakes.
出自-2010年6月听力原文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.
2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CIt'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.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-UNCOUNT
失败;不成功
Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity.
例句
This policy is doomed to failure...这项*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。N-COUNT
失败的事;败绩
If something is a failure, it is not a success.
例句
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。N-COUNT
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.
例句
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。N-UNCOUNT
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.
例句
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N-VAR
(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.
例句
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。N-VAR
破产;倒闭
If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.
例句
Business failures rose 16% last month.上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了 16％。N-VAR
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.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
n.
失败, 不成功
Failure teaches success.失败是成功之母。失败的人[事]
As a writer, he was a complete failure.作为一个作家, 他是个完全失败的人。未执行, 未实现, 未运转
无法继续经营, 倒闭
缺乏，欠缺，不足
衰弱，衰退，减退
失灵，故障
不履行；没做到；玩忽，失职；忽略
破产，倒闭
(考试)不及格
英英词典释义
Noun
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"行业词典
体育： 失误；失败；衰竭；故障；事故；损坏；
力学： 失效；
医学： 衰竭：无能力工作；
法律： 破产；倒闭；
电力： 失效；
电子学： 失效；故障；
电工： 失效；
航天： 破坏；失效；
航空： 失效；产品在使用中由于自身质的变化导致产品丧失了预定的工作能力或其性能已劣化成不合格的状态。；
通信： 失效；设备执行所需功能的能力已经终止。失效标志着从一种状态变到另一种状态。失效之后，设备即有故障。；
