failure
/ˈfeɪl.jəɹ/ 名词 B1中文： 失败
- State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
- A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life. · heart failure· congestive heart failure
- Omission to do something, whether or not it was attempted, especially something that ought to have been done.
- An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure, has failed at something or incapable of success.
- Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
- Bankruptcy.
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Presently the Rabbit came up to the door, and tried to open it; but, as the door opened inwards, and Alice’s elbow was pressed hard against it, that attempt proved a failure.
Gilbert Blythe wasn’t used to putting himself out to make a girl look at him and meeting with failure.
It contained an account of the failure of the Abbey Bank.
Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness.
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