failure
failure
noun
[mass noun]
noun
[mass noun]
- lack of success
失败
an economic policy that is doomed to failure.
注定要失败的经济政策。
[count noun]the failures of his policies.
他的政策的失败。
■[count noun]an unsuccessful person, enterprise, or thing
失败的人（或企业、事物）
bad weather had resulted in crop failures.
恶劣天气造成庄稼歉收。 - the omission of expected or required action
未做；未履行
their failure to comply with the basic rules.
他们没有遵守基本规则。
■[count noun]a lack or deficiency of a desirable quality
缺乏，不足
a failure of imagination.
缺乏想像。 - the action or state of not functioning
出现故障，失灵；衰竭
symptoms of heart failure.
心脏衰竭的征兆。
[count noun]a chance engine failure.
发动机偶然失灵。
■[count noun]a sudden cessation of power
突然断电
■[count noun]the collapse of a business
公司倒闭
- mid 17th cent. (originally as failer, in the senses 'non-occurrence' and 'cessation of supply'): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir (see fail)
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- undisputed adj.无可置疑的,毫无疑问的,无可争辩的,无异议的
- undissembled adj.不加掩盖的,非伪装的,真正的,公开的
- undissembling adj.不加掩盖（或掩饰）的,真诚的,坦率的,公开的
- undissociated adj.（分子）未离解的
- undissolute adj.不放纵的，不放荡的，生活规矩的
- undissolvable adj.不能溶解的，无法解决的
- undissolved adj.不溶解的，未溶解的
- undistinguishable adj.难辨别的，难区分的
- undistinguished adj.无特征的,无特色的,普普通通的,平庸的
- undistorted adj.未失真的，不偏激的,无失真
- undistracted adj.不分心的，注意力集中的，心神不烦乱的
- undistributed adj.未分发的，未分配的
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