零六五六深蓝词典

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.失敗；失敗者；不及格；疏忽；失霛；未能；悲慘的事

词源解说

  • 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，意爲缺乏，不足。

词根记忆

  • 來自fail(v.失敗)
  • “非禮呀！”→調戯不成反被群毆→失敗

同根派生

  • adj性質的同根詞
    failed：已失敗的，不成功的。
    failing：失敗的。
  • n性質的同根詞
    fail：不及格。
    failing：失敗；缺點，過失；弱點。
  • prep性質的同根詞
    failing：如果沒有…。
  • v性質的同根詞
    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性質的同根詞
    fail：失敗，不及格；破産；缺乏；衰退。
  • vt性質的同根詞
    fail：不及格；使失望；忘記；捨棄。

英汉例句

    用作名詞 (n.)

  • Failure teaches success.
    失敗是成功之母。

词组短语

    用作名詞 (n.)

    動詞+～

  • confess failure 承認失敗
  • end in failure 以失敗告終

    • 形容詞+～

  • complete failure 徹底失敗
  • abject failure 慘敗

    • 介詞+～

  • learn through failure 從失敗中學習

    • ～+介詞

  • failure in love 失戀
  • the failure of a promise 失約

    • 短語

  • kidney failure 腎衰竭；腎功能衰竭
  • failure rate [計]故障率；失傚率

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • (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.