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lack of success in doing or achieving something 失败 The success or failure of the plan depends on you. 这项计划的成败取决于你。 She is still coming to terms with the failure of her marriage. 她还在努力适应婚姻失败的事实。 The attempt was doomed to failure. 这项尝试注定失败。 All my efforts ended in failure. 我的一切努力最后都无济于事。 the problems of economic failure and increasing unemployment 经济失败和失业人数增加的问题 Their bid to win the contract resulted in abject failure. 他们争取赢得合同的努力以彻底失败告终。 The decision to withdraw funding represents a failure of imagination. 撤资决定表明了幻想的破灭。 the intelligence failures that preceded the terrorist attacks 恐怖袭击前的情报失误
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb2All her efforts were doomed to failure. 她付出的所有努力注定会失败。 Children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism. 成绩不好的孩子往往容易想到失败和受批评。 Fear of failure should not deter you from trying. 不应该因为害怕失败而放弃尝试。 He attributes the failure of the project to lack of government support. 他把这一项目的失败归因于缺乏政府的支持。 He was too proud to admit failure. 他太骄傲了，不愿认输。 I blame the failure of our relationship on my husband. 我把我们关系的破裂归咎于我的丈夫。 I will not tolerate failure. 我不会容忍失败。 Initial failure was followed by unexpected, if modest, success. 最初的失败之后是意想不到的成功，即便并不辉煌。 John had a long history of academic failure. 约翰学习成绩差不是一天两天了。 There is a high failure rate with this treatment. 这项治疗的失败率很高。 War is the ultimate failure of public communication. 战争是政府沟通最终失败的结果。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- complete
- total
- abject
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- be doomed to
- end in
- result in
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- rate
- fear of failure
- a history of failure
- a possibility of failure
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a person or thing that is not successful 失败的人（或事物） The whole thing was a complete failure. 整个事情彻底失败了。 A team learns from experience, both successes and failures. 一个团体应该从成功与失败的经验中学习。 - failure as something
He was a failure as a teacher. 他当教师并不成功。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb2Her ideas were large: if she could not succeed, she would at least be a heroic failure. 她的想法很有前瞻性：即使没有成功，她至少也是一位有勇气的失败者。 I felt (like) a complete failure. 我觉得自己是一个彻底的失败者。 The film was one of the rare failures in his career. 这部电影是他职业生涯中少有的败笔之一。 The venture proved a costly failure. 此次投机最终失败，且代价巨大。 This breach constitutes a serious failure in performance. 这次背约构成严重违约。 failures arising from circumstances beyond your control 无法控制的环境因素导致的失败 to learn from past failures 从以往的失败中学习 The project was considered a failure in both technical and economic terms. 这个项目在技术和经济上都被认为是失败的。 The rebellion was a dismal failure. 叛乱是一次令人沮丧的失败。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- serious
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- be
- represent
- prove
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- arise from something
- failure of
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an act of not doing something, especially something that you are expected to do 未做，未履行（应做之事） - failure to do something
Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution. 不遵守规章制度将被起诉。 the city's failure to provide an efficient public transport system 该市未能提供高效的公共交通系统 the government's failure to carry out reforms in the energy sector 政府未能在能源领域进行改革 His confession followed repeated failures to appear in court. 屡次缺席出庭后他供认了罪行。 - failure of somebody/something to do something
the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies 联合国未能维持粮食供应 - failure by somebody/something to do something
a report on the failure by the police to protect her 关于警方未能保护她的报告
Extra ExamplesNothing can excuse your failure to ask my permission. 不管什么原因都不能成为你不征得我允许的借口。 He lamented his failure to formulate a satisfactory theory. 他为自己未能创立令人满意的理论而痛惜不已。 government failure to listen to the voice of the electorate 政府没有听取选民的意见
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fundamental
- general
- manifest
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- excuse
- justify
- constitute
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- failure to do something
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the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens 故障；失灵 patients suffering from heart/kidney/liver failure 患有心脏/肾脏/肝脏衰竭的病人 renal/respiratory failure 肾衰竭/呼吸衰竭 Production has been hampered by mechanical failure. 生产因机械故障而受阻。 A power failure plunged everything into darkness. 停电使一切陷入黑暗。 The cause of the crash was given as engine failure. 撞车事故的原因被认定是发动机故障。 Poor maintenance caused the failure of two electricity generators. 维护不善导致两台发电机故障。
Extra Examplespatients with chronic renal failure 患有慢性肾功能衰竭的病人 the commonest cause of acute liver failure 引起急性肝功能衰竭最常见的原因 The aircraft seems to have experienced an engine failure. 这架飞机的发动机似乎出现过故障。 a failure in the computer system 计算机系统故障 a rare viral infection that can lead to heart failure 可引起心力衰竭的罕见病毒感染
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mechanical
- structural
- technical
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- cause
- lead to
- result in
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- occur
- failure in
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a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful 倒闭 There has been an alarming increase in business failures. 企业倒闭数字的上升令人担忧。 Are we going to see more closures or failures in the ISP business? 我们会在互联网服务提供商业务中看到更多的关闭或失败吗？ Business failures rose by 30% in 2018. 2018年，企业倒闭增加了30%。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mechanical
- structural
- technical
- …
- cause
- lead to
- result in
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- occur
- failure in
- [uncountable, countable] crop/harvest failure
a situation in which crops do not grow correctly and do not produce food 歉收 Bad weather has resulted in crop failure. 恶劣的天气导致农作物歉收。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- mechanical
- structural
- technical
- …
- cause
- lead to
- result in
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- occur
- failure in
not successful不成功
not doing something未做某事
of machine/part of body机器；身体部位
of business企业
of crop/harvest庄稼；收成
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally as failer, in the senses ‘non-occurrence’ and ‘stopping of supply’): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir, based on Latin fallere ‘deceive’.