failing
1.缺点;弱点[C]
We all have our little failings.
我们都有自己的小缺点.
failure
1.失败[U][(+in)]
He was doomed to failure.
他注定要失败.
2.失败者;不及格者;失败的尝试(或经验)[C]
The new restaurant was a failure and soon closed.
那家新饭店经营无方,不久便关了门.
3.疏忽;不履行,没做到[U][C][(+in)][+to-v]
Failure to obey orders on a ship is mutiny.
在船上不执行命令就是哗变.
4.缺乏,不足[U][C]
The drought caused crop failure.
干旱造成农作物歉收.
5.衰退;故障[U][C]
She died of (a) heart failure.
她死于心脏衰竭.
6.破产,无支付能力[C][U]
There were many bank failures during the depression.
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