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failure noun 2unsuccessful person/thing 失败的人或事ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAILURE | FAILURE + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEbig, great, serious 巨大的／重大的／严重的失败complete, total, utter 完全失败；彻底失败catastrophic, disastrous 灾难性的失败abject, conspicuous, dismal, humiliating, lamentable (especially BrE) , miserable 不光彩的／触目的／悲惨的／带来耻辱的／令人惋惜的／可怜的失败（者）costly 代价巨大的失败heroic (BrE) 有勇气的失败者◆If she could not succeed, she would at least be a heroic failure.即使不能成功，她至少也是一位有勇气的失败者。alleged, apparent, perceived 所谓的／表面的／被视作失败（者）relative 相对的失败（者）past 过去的失败◆to learn from past failures从以往的失败中学习rare (especially BrE) 少有的失败◆The movie was one of the rare failures in his career.这部电影是他职业生涯中少有的败笔之一。unexpected 意想不到的失败personal 个人的失败collective 集体的失败moral 道德的败坏academic 学习差的人economic, financial 经济／金融失败◆economic failure and increasing unemployment经济失败与失业人口增多military 军事失败VERB + FAILUREbe, represent 失败；意味着失败prove 证明失败◆The venture proved a costly failure.此次投机最终失败，且代价巨大。experience, have 经历／遭到失败feel (BrE) , feel like (especially NAmE) 觉得失败；感觉是失败者◆I felt (like) a complete failure.我觉得自己是一个彻底的失败者。consider sb/sth, regard sb/sth as 认为⋯是／把⋯看成失败（者）brand sb/sth (especially BrE) 丑化⋯为失败者◆Her parents had long since branded her a failure.长久以来她的父母都说她是个失败者。FAILURE + VERBarise from sth 失败源于⋯◆failures arising from circumstances beyond your control无法控制的环境因素导致的失败PREPOSITIONfailure of ⋯的失败◆The decision to withdraw funding represents a failure of imagination.撤资决定表明了幻想的破灭。 |