failure

noun

1. an unexpected omission

e.g. he resented my failure to return his call
the mechanic's failure to check the brakes

2. an act that fails

e.g. his failure to pass the test

3. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

e.g. the surprise party was a complete failure

4. a person with a record of failing
someone who loses consistently

Synonym: losernonstarterunsuccessful person

5. loss of ability to function normally

e.g. kidney failure

6. lack of success

e.g. he felt that his entire life had been a failure
that year there was a crop failure

7. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

e.g. the company had to declare bankruptcy
fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks

Synonym: bankruptcy

1. 失败;不成功
Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity.

e.g. This policy is doomed to failure...
这项政策注定会失败。
e.g. 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。

2. 失败的事;败绩
If something is a failure, it is not a success.

failure的反义词

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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. 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.

failure的意思

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...their failure to get the product mix right.
他们没有把产品组合弄对

5. (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.

e.g. 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。
e.g. He was being treated for kidney failure...
他因肾衰竭正在接受治疗。

6. 破产;倒闭
If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.

e.g. Business failures rose 16% last month.
上个月倒闭公司的数量上升了 16％。

7. 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.

e.g. There is, too, a simple failure of imagination...
还有，就是纯粹缺乏想象力。
e.g. 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。