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failure的意思_音标_例句

failure

音标
英 /ˈfeɪljə(r)/,美 /ˈfeɪljər/
(注:英式发音中/l/为清晰音,美式发音中/l/为软颚化的dark L )

核心释义
名词,意为“失败;失败的人/事;故障;未履行;破产;器官衰竭”等,复数形式为failures 。

详细用法与示例

失败(未达成目标)
指计划、尝试或行动未达到预期结果。

The success or failure of the plan depends on you.(计划的成败取决于你。)

All my efforts ended in failure.(我的一切努力最终都无济于事。)

失败的人/事物
指未取得成功的个体或对象。

He was a failure as a teacher.(他当教师并不成功。)

The whole thing was a complete failure.(整件事彻底失败了。)

未履行(应做之事)
表示未完成预期或要求的行为。

Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.(不遵守规章制度将被起诉。)

the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies(联合国未能维持粮食供应)

故障;器官衰竭
指机器、设备或身体器官功能失常。

A power failure plunged everything into darkness.(电源故障使一切陷入黑暗。)

patients suffering from heart/kidney failure(心脏/肾衰竭患者)

破产;倒闭
指企业或机构因经营不善停止运营。

Business failures rose 16% last month.(上个月企业倒闭数量上升了16%。)

常见短语搭配

heart failure 心力衰竭

engine failure 发动机故障

failure to do sth 未能做某事(如:failure to report 未报告)

complete/total failure 彻底失败

crop failure 庄稼歉收

用法点睛

抽象与具体的转换:作为抽象名词时表示“失败”这一概念(如:Failure is common in life.);作为具体名词时可指“失败的实例”,需加冠词(如:His first attempt was a failure.)。

反义词:success(成功)

例句精选

Three attempts on the British 200-metre record also ended in failure.(三次冲击英国200米纪录的尝试均以失败告终。)

The cause of the crash was given as engine failure.(撞车原因被认定为发动机故障。)

She accused the Foreign Office of disgraceful failure to support British citizens arrested overseas.(她指责外交部未能支持海外被捕公民,此举十分可耻。)

He was being treated for kidney failure.(他因肾衰竭接受治疗。)

This policy is doomed to failure.(这项政策注定失败。)

从尝试的挫败到系统的故障,failure一词贯穿生活与专业场景,既是结果的描述,也是反思的起点。你是否曾在“failure”中找到

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