名詞
1. The new restaurant was a failure and soon closed.
那家新飯店經(jīng)營無方，不久便關(guān)了門。
2. Failure to obey orders on a ship is mutiny.
在船上不執(zhí)行命令就是嘩變。
3. There were many bank failures during the depression.
經(jīng)濟蕭條時期許多銀行破產(chǎn)。
4. He is a failure as an artist, but a success as an art teacher.
他不是個成功的藝術(shù)家，但是個成功的美術(shù)教師。
5. failure的反義詞
5. The drought caused crop failure.
干旱造成農(nóng)作物歉收。
求職面試
failure是什么意思
B：How do you handle your failure？
你怎樣對待自己的失敗？
A：None of us was born "perfect". I am sure I will be given a second chance to correct my mistake.
我們大家生來都不是十全十美的，我相信我有第二個機會改正我的錯誤。
1. 失敗;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...
這項政策注定會失敗。
e.g. Three attempts on the British 200-metre record also ended in failure.
對英國 200 米紀錄發(fā)起的3 次沖擊也均以失敗而告終。
2. 失敗的事;敗績
If something is a failure, it is not a success.
e.g. 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。
e.g. His six-year transition programme has by no means been a complete failure.
他的六年轉(zhuǎn)型計劃絕沒有徹底失敗。
3. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
4. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...their failure to get the product mix right.
他們沒有把產(chǎn)品組合弄對
5. (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.
e.g. 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(xiàn)故障造成的。
e.g. He was being treated for kidney failure...
他因腎衰竭正在接受治療。
6. 破產(chǎn);倒閉
If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.
failure的近義詞
e.g. Business failures rose 16% last month.
上個月倒閉公司的數(shù)量上升了 16％。
7. 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.
e.g. There is, too, a simple failure of imagination...
還有，就是純粹缺乏想象力。
e.g. He remained on his knees for a long time afterwards, ashamed by his failure of nerve.
他后來在地上跪了很久，為自己缺乏膽量而感到羞恥。