failure
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?fe?lj?(r)]
- 美式音標 [?fe?.lj?]
- 國際音標 ['feilj?]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.失??；失敗者；不及格；疏忽；失靈；未能；悲慘的事
詞源解說
- 17世紀40年代進入英語，直接源自盎格魯法語的faillir；最初源自法語的faillir，意為缺乏，不足。
詞根記憶
- 來自fail(v.失敗)
- “非禮呀！”→調(diào)戲不成反被群毆→失敗
同根派生
- adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
- failed：已失敗的，不成功的。
- failing：失敗的。
- n性質(zhì)的同根詞
- fail：不及格。
- failing：失敗；缺點，過失；弱點。
- prep性質(zhì)的同根詞
- failing：如果沒有…。
- v性質(zhì)的同根詞
- failed：失敗，不成功（fail的過去式和過去分詞）。
- failing：失敗；不及格（fail的ing形式）。
- vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
- fail：失敗，不及格；破產(chǎn)；缺乏；衰退。
- vt性質(zhì)的同根詞
- fail：不及格；使失望；忘記；舍棄。
詞組短語
- confess failure 承認失敗
- end in failure 以失敗告終
- complete failure 徹底失敗
- abject failure 慘敗
- learn through failure 從失敗中學(xué)習(xí)
- failure in love 失戀
- the failure of a promise 失約
- kidney failure 腎衰竭；腎功能衰竭
- failure rate [計]故障率；失效率
用作名詞 (n.)
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短語
英英字典
- (NO SUCCESS) the fact of someone or something not succeeding
- (NOT DO) the fact of not doing something that you must do or are expected to do
- (STOP) the fact of something not working, or stopping working as well as it should
- Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity.
- Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it.
- If something is a failure, it is not a success.
- 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.
- 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.
- If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.