1. [U 不可数名词] 失败Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity.
双语例句例： This policy is doomed to failure.
这项政策注定要失败。
例： Three attempts on the 200-metre record ended in failure.
向200米纪录的三次尝试均以失败告终。
例： feelings of failure.
失败感。
2. [U 不可数名词] 未成Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it.
双语例句例： 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. [C 可数名词] 失败If something is a failure, it is not a success.
双语例句例： The programme was a complete failure.
该计划完全失败了。
例： 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. [C 可数名词] 失败者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.
双语例句例： 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. [C, U 有变体名词] 故障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.
双语例句例： 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. [C, U 有变体名词] 倒闭If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating.
近义词collapse
双语例句例： Business failures rose 16 last month.
上个月公司倒闭上升了16。