failure是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the fact of someone or something not succeeding -- 失敗；失敗的人（或事）

  • The meeting was a complete/total failure. 這次會議是徹頭徹尾的失敗。

  • I'm a bit of a failure at making (= I cannot make) cakes. 我做蛋糕做得比較失敗。

  • I feel such a failure (= so unsuccessful). 我覺得自己太失敗了。

  • Their attempt to climb Everest ended in failure. 他們攀登聖母峰的嘗試以失敗告終。

  • The whole project was doomed to failure right from the start (= it could never have succeeded). 整個專案計劃從一開始就註定了要失敗。

• 1 the fact of not doing something that you must do or are expected to do -- 未履行；沒做到

  • His failure to return her phone call made her realize that something was wrong. 他沒給她回電話，這使她覺得有些事情不對頭。

  • Failure to keep the chemical at the right temperature could lead to an explosion. 化學品存放在不合適的溫度下有可能會發生爆炸。

• 2 the fact of something not working, or stopping working as well as it should -- 故障；失靈；衰退；衰竭

  • He died of heart/liver failure. 他死於心臟／肝功能衰竭。

  • The accident was caused by the failure of the reactor's cooling system. 反應堆冷卻系統發生故障，釀成事故。

  • The number of business failures rose steeply last year. 去年倒閉的公司數量激增。

  • After three crop failures in a row, the people face starvation. 連續三年莊稼歉收，老百姓面臨饑荒。