failure /ˈfeɪljə/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (failures)

• 1.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity. 失败

  例：

  This policy is doomed to failure.

  这项政策注定要失败。

• 2.  

  N-UNCOUNT（不可数名词） Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it. 未成

  例：

  They see their failure to produce an heir as a curse from God.

  他们将自己未能生育一个后嗣看作是来自上帝的一个诅咒。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） If something is a failure, it is not a success. 失败

  例：

  The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it.

  这段婚姻是个失败，他们俩都想从中解放出来。

• 4.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） 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. 失败者

  例：

  Elgar received many honours and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure.

  埃尔加获得了很多荣誉和欢呼，但是他常常把自己看成一个失败者。

• 5.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） 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. 故障

  例：

  There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.

  还有一些事故主要是由起飞时引擎故障导致的。

• 6.  

  N-VAR（有变体名词） If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating. 倒闭 [商业]

  例：

  Business failures rose 16% last month.

  上个月公司倒闭上升了16%。