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 failure ['feljɚ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 失败, 失败者, 不足, 缺乏, 破产

[计] 故障; 失效

[医] 衰竭

[经] 破产, 无支付能力


  1. The play was a dead failure.
    这场戏完全失败了。
  2. I shall have another chance in the event of failure.
    如果失败，我还有另一个机会。
  3. Production in the factories stopped because of frequent power failures.
    频繁的停电使工厂停产。


failure
[ noun ]
  1. an act that fails

    2. <noun.act>
    his failure to pass the test
  2. an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

    3. <noun.event>
    the surprise party was a complete failure
  3. lack of success

    4. <noun.state>
    he felt that his entire life had been a failure
    that year there was a crop failure
  4. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

    5. <noun.person>
  5. an unexpected omission

    6. <noun.act>
    he resented my failure to return his call
    the mechanic's failure to check the brakes
  6. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

    7. <noun.state>
    the company had to declare bankruptcy
    fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks
  7. loss of ability to function normally

    8. <noun.state>
    kidney failure


Failure \Fail"ure\, n. [From {Fail}.]
1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing;
deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a
promise.

3. Want of success; the state of having failed.

4. Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the
failure of memory or of sight.

5. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment;
as, failure in business.

6. A failing; a slight fault. [Obs.] --Johnson.

Fail \Fail\, n. [OF. faille, from failir. See {Fail}, v. i.]
1. Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly
superseded by {failure} or {failing}, except in the phrase
without fail. ``His highness' fail of issue.'' --Shak.

2. Death; decease. [Obs.] --Shak.

  1. Their failure to share information is more than a bureaucratic tangle.
  2. Those groups have been largely disillusioned with Mrs. Aquino's failure to institute reforms after the "people power" revolution.
  3. An in-flight failure could hinder the flow of fuel to the engine.
  4. Ernst & Young won a dismissal of regulators' claims that the accounting firm contributed to the failure of a thrift. The decision could affect other such suits against auditors.
  5. The first episode, "The Taste of Democracy," examines the foundations of perestroika, using excellent archival photos and footage to track Gorbachev's rise to power and the systemic failure of the Soviet bureaucracy.
  6. Many observers concluded that failure to take account of the Social Security surplus as part of the government's fiscal action was a cause of the recession.
  7. A decline in the dollar's exchange value can raise the relative prices of imports and cause a higher price level just as a crop failure can.
  8. "There was a failure of the dollar to follow through on the down side," said Bob Morrissey, a senior trader at the Bank of Boston's New York office.
  9. Tests showed "it was on the verge of kidney failure and other things.
  10. Congress's failure to overhaul the Gramm-Rudman budget law before leaving for its August recess makes it unlikely that there will be substantial budget reductions this year.
  11. The failure to include Japan this time didn't attract many complaints from Congress, so maybe this punitive law is losing some of its support.
  12. The prospect of a widespread financial impact makes it likely that any failure of First Executive could spark political attention and public debate.
  13. A pathologist concluded that Mirecki had an abnormal fear of being pulled under water and died of heart failure and drowning when he was forced under water during training.
  14. Seat belt release buttons in 1.6 million Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird cars should be checked for damage that could lead to belt failure, federal safety officials say.
  15. Frank Casado, a restaurateur and activist who managed to draw politicians and celebrities to a homey eatery called Lucy's El Adobe Cafe, died Thursday of congestive heart failure at age 66.
  16. Spokesman David Morris said the problem began with delays caused by a signal failure.
  17. It was the intervention of the Bank of Spain that was to blame for his failure.
  18. And since the kidneys produce erythropoietin, patients with kidney failure often develop anemia.
  19. "The failure to regain contact led us to wonder whether there had been an actual contact with the miners or with a search team," Kraemer said.
  20. Companies with interlinked local and wide area networks invariably use network management tools to warn them of network failure.
  21. Edson was indicted on two counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of failure to report child abuse.
  22. Further abroad this is less clear, though the failure of efforts to broker a deal over the Kuriles shows that the nationalist current has set limits on what can be 'given away'.
  23. Mrs. Edralin-Marcos was hospitalized Sunday with pneumonia, diabetes and kidney failure.
  24. Mulford said the failure to produce a timetable was likely to fuel protectionist moves in Congress.
  25. Mr. Holmes a Court has permission from U.S. securities regulators to buy as much as 15% of Texaco, and some analysts said his failure to buy up Texaco shares as their price has sagged indicates he is in a cash bind.
  26. Until 1980, the building was regularly painted every five years. Because of persistent paint failure, the White House and National Park Service asked the National Bureau of Standards in 1976 to make a study and recommend corrective action.
  27. It is important to look at the level of cover as well as the price when choosing a policy. Wear and tear, design problems, mechanical failure and war damage are excluded by many policies.
  28. The saddest episode of all is his inexplicable failure to turn this dream of a perfect love into a reality. Mallarme was one of the earliest of the younger French poets to recognise Baudelaire's poetic mastery.
  29. President Bush on Thursday lifted the last sanctions against Panama, imposed for its failure to cooperate in drug-fighting efforts, and then toured a maximum-security prison, saying "tough talk is simply not enough" in battling crime and narcotics.
  30. The obstacles to proof: Its previously optimistic projections for the Free Press, the failure to undertake serious cost-cutting, and the economic recovery that boosted the Detroit area in 1985 and 1986.
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