流逝汉英词典

failure

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈfeɪljə(r)]
  • 美式音标 [ˈfeɪ.ljɚ]
  • 国际音标 ['feiljə]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n.失败；失败者；不及格；疏忽；失灵；未能；悲惨的事

词源解说

  • 17世纪40年代进入英语，直接源自盎格鲁法语的faillir；最初源自法语的faillir，意为缺乏，不足。

词根记忆

  • 来自fail(v.失败)
  • “非礼呀！”→调戏不成反被群殴→失败

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    failed：已失败的，不成功的。
    failing：失败的。
  • n性质的同根词
    fail：不及格。
    failing：失败；缺点，过失；弱点。
  • prep性质的同根词
    failing：如果没有…。
  • v性质的同根词
    failed：失败，不成功（fail的过去式和过去分词）。
    failing：失败；不及格（fail的ing形式）。
  • vi性质的同根词
    fail：失败，不及格；破产；缺乏；衰退。
  • vt性质的同根词
    fail：不及格；使失望；忘记；舍弃。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • Failure teaches success.
    失败是成功之母。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • confess failure 承认失败
  • end in failure 以失败告终

    • 形容词+～

  • complete failure 彻底失败
  • abject failure 惨败

    • 介词+～

  • learn through failure 从失败中学习

    • ～+介词

  • failure in love 失恋
  • the failure of a promise 失约

    • 短语

  • kidney failure 肾衰竭；肾功能衰竭
  • failure rate [计]故障率；失效率

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (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

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • 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.