failing

英 [ˈfeɪlɪŋ]

美 [ˈfeɪlɪŋ]

n.  弱点; 缺点
prep.  如果不能; 如果没有
v.  失败; 未能(做到); 未做; 未履行(某事); 不及格; 评定不及格
fail的现在分词

复数：failings　现在分词：failing　

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Collins.1 / BNC.13711 / COCA.13145

牛津词典

noun

• 弱点；缺点
  a weakness or fault in sb/sth
  1. She is aware of her own failings.
     她了解自己的弱点。
  2. The inquiry acknowledges failings in the judicial system.
     这次调查承认司法制度有缺陷。

prep.

• 如果不能；如果没有
  used to introduce a suggestion that could be considered if the one just mentioned is not possible
  1. Ask a friend to recommend a doctor or, failing that , ask for a list in your local library.
     请朋友推荐一位医生，如果办不到就向当地图书馆要一份名单。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 过错;缺陷;不足
  Thefailingsof someone or something are their faults or unsatisfactory features.
  1. Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West...
     像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。
  2. He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
     为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。
• PHRASE (引出另一种选择)如果不能的话，万一不行的话
  You sayfailing thatto introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.
  1. Find someone who will let you talk things through, or failing that, write down your thoughts.
     找个能让你把事情说清楚的人，如果不行的话，就把你所想的写下来。

英英释义

noun

• failure to reach a minimum required performance
  1. his failing the course led to his disqualification
  2. he got two flunks on his report
  Synonym:flunk
• a flaw or weak point
  1. he was quick to point out his wife's failings
  Synonym:weakness

adj

• below acceptable in performance
  1. received failing grades

双语例句

• He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
  为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。
• Liam surprised his tutors by twice failing a second year exam.
  利亚姆两次都没能通过大二的一门考试，这让他的导师们很吃惊。
• They were charged with failing to have professional indemnity cover
  他们被指控未能提供职业保险保障。
• For failing to report the accident, his licence was endorsed
  由于发生事故未能报告，他的驾驶执照被注明违章。
• He criticised the government for failing to halt economic decline
  他批评政府未能遏止经济下滑。
• For the first time in my career, I was failing.
  我职业生涯中第一次经历失败。
• She was partly to blame for failing to look as she crossed the road
  她过马路时没注意看，负有部分责任。
• He had siphoned thousands of pounds a week from the failing business
  他一周之内从这家濒临破产的企业里抽走了数千英镑的资金。
• Failing to tackle the deficit would be throwing away an opportunity we haven't had for a generation
  如果不能成功解决赤字问题，我们将错过等了一代人才等来的机会。
• An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader.
  明显的记忆力衰退对一个国家领导人来说极为不利。