failure

复数：failures

1. [U]失败,不成功 lack of success; act of failing
2. [C]失败的人〔事〕 a person or thing that fails
3. [U][C]未执行,未实现,未运转 the non-performance or non-production of sth
4. [C][U]无法继续经营,倒闭 inability of a business to continue, especially through lack of money

• 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

failure in…的失败

heart failure n. 心力衰竭

renal failure肾衰竭

failure mechanism破坏机理；失效机理

failure rate[计]故障率；失效率

failure analysis故障分析

failure mode失效模式；故障模型

success and failure成功与失败

chronic renal failure慢性肾功能衰竭；慢性肾衰竭

market failure市场失灵；市场失效

congestive heart failure充血性心力衰竭，郁血性心脏衰竭

respiratory failure呼吸衰竭；呼吸衰弱

failure probability失效概率

power failure停电；电源故障

fatigue failure疲劳失效；疲劳破坏；疲劳断裂

failure diagnosis故障诊断，失效诊断

system failure系统故障

failure criterion失效准则；故障判据；抗剪强度破坏准则

kidney failure肾衰竭；肾功能衰竭

equipment failure设备故障

1. I shall have another chance in the event of failure.
   如果失败，我还有另一个机会。
2. The play was a dead failure.
   这场戏完全失败了。
3. I was a failure in my own eyes.
   在我眼里,我是个失败者。
4. In a word, his failure in the final exam did not surprise me.
   总而言之,他考试不及格并没使我吃惊。
5. His failure stems from his carelessness.
   他的失败是由于疏忽。
6. We must try to cope with our own failure.
   我们必须设法应付我们自己的疏忽。
7. Policy failure is common in market economy.
   在市场经济体制下,经常会出现政策失灵。
8. He gloated over his brother's failure to win the prize.
   他弟弟未能获奖，他却幸灾乐祸。
9. His car was taken back because of failure to meet payments.
   由于未能按期付款，他的汽车被收回去了。