failure
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈfeɪljə(r)]
- 美式音标 [ˈfeɪ.ljɚ]
- 国际音标 ['feiljə]
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基本解释
- n.失败;失败者;不及格;疏忽;失灵;未能;悲惨的事
词源解说
- 17世纪40年代进入英语,直接源自盎格鲁法语的faillir;最初源自法语的faillir,意为缺乏,不足。
词根记忆
- 来自fail(v.失败)
- “非礼呀!”→调戏不成反被群殴→失败
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- failed:已失败的,不成功的。
- failing:失败的。
- n性质的同根词
- fail:不及格。
- failing:失败;缺点,过失;弱点。
- prep性质的同根词
- failing:如果没有…。
- v性质的同根词
- failed:失败,不成功(fail的过去式和过去分词)。
- failing:失败;不及格(fail的ing形式)。
- vi性质的同根词
- fail:失败,不及格;破产;缺乏;衰退。
- vt性质的同根词
- fail:不及格;使失望;忘记;舍弃。
词组短语
- confess failure 承认失败
- end in failure 以失败告终
- complete failure 彻底失败
- abject failure 惨败
- learn through failure 从失败中学习
- failure in love 失恋
- the failure of a promise 失约
- kidney failure 肾衰竭;肾功能衰竭
- failure rate [计]故障率;失效率
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短语
英英字典
- (NO SUCCESS) the fact of someone or something not succeeding
- (NOT DO) the fact of not doing something that you must do or are expected to do
- (STOP) the fact of something not working, or stopping working as well as it should
- Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity.
- Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it.
- If something is a failure, it is not a success.
- 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.
- 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.
- If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.