3N-COUNT 失敗者;一事無成的人 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. 失敗者;一事無成的人
Elgar received many honors and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure.
人們對埃爾加贊譽有加,但他卻常覺得自己是個失敗者。
I just felt I had been a failure in my personal life.
4N-UNCOUNT [NOUN to-infinitive, oft poss NOUN]沒做到;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. 沒做到;不履行
She accused the Foreign Office of disgraceful failure to support British citizens arrested overseas.
她指責說,外交部未能給在海外被捕的英國公民提供支持是可恥的。
...their failure to get the product mix right.
他們沒有把産品組合弄對
5N-VAR [oft n NOUN](機器的)故障,失靈;(身體機能的)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. (機器的)故障,失靈;(身體機能的)衰竭
There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.
還有幾次事故主要是起飛時引擎出現故障造成的。
He was being treated for kidney failure.
他因腎衰竭正在接受治療。
Researchers found an almost total crop failure and a severe shortage of drinking water.
7N-VAR [NOUNof n]缺乏;不足;不夠 If you say that someone has a failure of a particular quality or ability, you mean that they do not have enough of it. 缺乏;不足;不夠
There is, too, a simple failure of imagination.
還有,就是純粹缺乏想象力。
He remained on his knees for a long time afterwards, ashamed by his failure of nerve.
他後來在地上跪了很久,爲自己缺乏膽量而感到羞恥。
Quotations
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lipR.B. BarhamThe Ingoldsby Legends
A failure is a stranger in his own houseEric HofferThe Passionate State of Mind
There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great objectJohn KeatsEndymion
There is no failure except in no longer tryingElbert HubbardThe Note Book