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。

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英汉例句

用作名詞 (n.)

• Failure teaches success.
  失敗是成功之母。

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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

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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.

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