failure

1. N-UNCOUNT Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity. 失败

This policy is doomed to failure. 这项政策注定要失败。

Three attempts on the 200-metre record ended in failure. 3次向200米纪录的冲击以失败告终。

2. N-UNCOUNT 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

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 If something is a failure, it is not a success. 失败

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 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

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 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

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 If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating. 倒闭[商业]

Business failures rose 16% last month. 上个月公司倒闭上升了16%。