failure

英 [ˈfeɪljə(r)]

美 ['feɪljər]

n.失败，不及格; 缺乏，不足; 破产，倒闭; 失败的事，失败者

1

This policy is doomed to failure.

这项政策注定会失败。

2

The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it.

他们的婚姻很失败，两人都想摆脱它。

3

Elgar received many honors and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure.

人们对埃尔加讚誉有加，但他却常觉得自己是个失败者。

4

She accused the Foreign Office of disgraceful failure to support British citizens arrested overseas.

她指责说，外交部未能给在海外被捕的英国公民提供支持是可耻的。

5

There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off.

还有几次事故主要是起飞时引擎出现故障造成的。