not successful; not achieving what you wanted to 不成功的;失败的;落空的 His efforts to get a job proved unsuccessful. 他求职的努力都落空了。 They were unsuccessful in meeting their objectives for the year. 他们未能达到年度目标。 She made several unsuccessful attempts to see him. 她几次想见他都未如愿。
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb1Unsuccessful applicants will be informed by post. 落选的申请者将获信函通知。 He had been an unsuccessful amateur jockey when he was young. 他年轻时是个不成功的业余骑师。 The secret service had been remarkably unsuccessful at catching spies. 特工部门在抓捕间谍方面极为失败。 We have been unsuccessful in finding a replacement for her. 我们未能找到替代她的人。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnsuccessful is used with these nouns:- applicant
- application
- attempt
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