failing

failing

英[ˈfeɪlɪŋ]美[ˈfelɪŋ]

n.（性格中的）弱点，缺陷，短处；

prep.如果（某事）不发生，如果没有（某事物），如果（某人不在），如果没有（某人）；

v.在…中失败( fail的现在分词)，衰退，不及格(fail的ing形式)，破产；

复数：failings;

例句

His business is failing; he's mortgaged all his assets to try to save it.他的企业在亏损, 他抵押了所有资产企图挽救它。

Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.十九次失败,直到第二十次才获成功,这就是坚持。

Failing Smith, try Tom.要是史密斯不在, 就找汤姆。

She was disqualified from competing for a year after failing a dope test.因未能通过药检，她被取消比赛资格一年。

The earthquake sent buildings tumbling into one another like failing dominoes.地震使大楼哗啦啦倒塌, 就像正在倾倒的骨牌一般。

The plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence for failing to wear a crash helmet.原告因未戴安全头盔而负有连带责任。

It is an equal failing to trust everybody and trust nobody.信任任何人和不信任任何人,同样是缺点。出自：英语谚语

Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation...如果不能成功解决赤字问题，我们将错过等了一代人才等来的机会。

My sight is failing, and I can't see to read any more.我的视力在下降，看不了书了。

Other offences included using obscene material, failing to follow invigilators'instructions and theft of work.其它违反考场规则的行为包括在试卷上写猥亵内容 、 听从监考人员命令以及偷看等.

英语六级真题

In writing about their own experiences many applicants slip into clichés, thus failing to engage the reader.

Scholars will debate which interventions this time - the Federal Reserve's support of a failing credit system, guarantees of bank debt, Obama's ''stimulus" plan and bank "stress test" - counted most in preventing a recurrence.

Setting realistic goals can turn a failing business into success.

But researchers are improving systems to measure a teacher's performance throughout the year, and, with three years of data, it's usually possible to tell which teachers are failing.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

N-COUNT

过错;缺陷;不足

The failings of someone or something are their faults or unsatisfactory features.

例句

PHRASE

(引出另一种选择)如果不能的话，万一不行的话

You say failing that to introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.

例句

英汉词典释义

n.

弱点;缺陷;短处

prep.

如果(某事)不发生, 如果没有(某事物)

如果(某人不在), 如果没有(某人)

英英词典释义

Noun

1. a flaw or weak point;

2. failure to reach a minimum required performance;

Adjective

1. unable to meet financial obligations;

2. below acceptable in performance;