failure是什么意思

详细释义

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

  • The meeting was a complete/total failure. 这次会议是彻头彻尾的失败。

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

  • I feel such a failure (= so unsuccessful). 我觉得自己太失败了。

  • Their attempt to climb Everest ended in failure. 他们攀登珠穆朗玛峰的尝试以失败告终。

  • The whole project was doomed to failure right from the start (= it could never have succeeded). 整个项目从一开始就注定了要失败。

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

  • His failure to return her phone call made her realize that something was wrong. 他没给她回电话，这使她觉得有什么事情不对头。

  • Failure to keep the chemical at the right temperature could lead to an explosion. 化学品保存在不合适的温度下有可能会发生爆炸。

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

  • He died of heart/liver failure. 他死于心脏／肝功能衰竭。

  • The accident was caused by the failure of the reactor's cooling system. 事故是由反应堆冷却系统发生故障造成的。

  • The number of business failures rose steeply last year. 去年倒闭的公司数量激增。

  • After three crop failures in a row, the people face starvation. 连续3年庄稼歉收，老百姓面临饥荒。