failure

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。

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英汉例句

用作名词 (n.)

• Failure teaches success.
  失败是成功之母。

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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

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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.

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