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IELTS BNC: 1147 COCA: 1360
failure
fljəʳ ˈfeɪljər
Word forms: plural failures
1 N-UNCOUNT

失敗;不成功 Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity. 失敗;不成功
  • This policy is doomed to failure.

    這項政策注定會失敗。

  • Three attempts on the British 200-metre record also ended in failure.

    對英國 200 米紀錄發起的3 次沖擊也均以失敗而告終。

  • ...feelings of failure.

    挫敗感

SYN lack of success, defeat, collapse, abortion
2 N-COUNT

失敗的事;敗績 If something is a failure, it is not a success. 失敗的事;敗績
  • The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it.

    他們的婚姻很失敗,兩人都想擺脫它。

  • His six-year transition programme has by no means been a complete failure.

    他的六年轉型計劃絕沒有徹底失敗。

SYN catastrophe, disaster, fiasco, let-down
3 N-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.

    我就是覺得我的個人生活很失敗。

SYN loser, disappointment, no-good, flop [informal]
4 N-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

5 N-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.

    研究者們發現作物幾乎顆粒無收,並且飲用水嚴重短缺。

SYN breakdown, stalling, cutting out, malfunction
6 N-VAR

破産;倒閉 If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating. 破産;倒閉 [business]
  • Business failures rose 16% last month.

    上個月倒閉公司的數量上升了 16%。

7 N-VAR [NOUN of 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 lip R.B. Barham The Ingoldsby Legends
A failure is a stranger in his own house Eric Hoffer The Passionate State of Mind
There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object John Keats Endymion
There is no failure except in no longer trying Elbert Hubbard The Note Book
Word Partnership
Word PartnershipUse failure with:
ADJ.

afraid of failure, doomed to failure 1

complete failure 1 3 4

dismal failure 3 4

N.

feelings of failure, risk of failure, success or failure 1

engine failure, heart failure, kidney failure, liver failure 5

business failure 6

VERB.

failure to communicate 1 2

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