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failure

noun
 OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈfeɪljə(r)/
/ˈfeɪljər/
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    not successful不成功

  1.  
     [uncountable, countable] 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
    opposite success
    Extra Examples
    • All 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。
    Topics Difficulty and failureb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • complete
    • total
    • abject
    • …
    verb + failure
    • be doomed to
    • end in
    • result in
    • …
    failure + noun
    • rate
    phrases
    • fear of failure
    • a history of failure
    • a possibility of failure
    • …
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  2.  
     [countable] 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。
    opposite success
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    • Her 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。
    Topics Difficulty and failureb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • great
    • serious
    • …
    verb + failure
    • be
    • represent
    • prove
    • …
    failure + verb
    • arise from something
    preposition
    • failure of
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    3.

    not doing something未做某事

  3.  
     [uncountable, countable] 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 Examples
    • Nothing 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
    • …
    verb + failure
    • excuse
    • justify
    • constitute
    • …
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    4.

    of machine/part of body机器；身体部位

  4.  
     [uncountable, countable] 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 Examples
    • patients 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
    • …
    verb + failure
    • cause
    • lead to
    • result in
    • …
    failure + verb
    • occur
    preposition
    • failure in
    See full entry
    5.

    of business企业

  5. [countable, uncountable] 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%。
    Topics Businessb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • mechanical
    • structural
    • technical
    • …
    verb + failure
    • cause
    • lead to
    • result in
    • …
    failure + verb
    • occur
    preposition
    • failure in
    See full entry
    6.

    of crop/harvest庄稼；收成

  6. [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
    • …
    verb + failure
    • cause
    • lead to
    • result in
    • …
    failure + verb
    • occur
    preposition
    • failure in
    See full entry
    7. 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’.

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