failure
['feiljə]
n.失败, 失败者, 不及格, 疏忽, 失灵, 未能
例句与用法：
Production in the factories stopped because of frequent power failures.
频繁的停电使工厂停产。
I shall have another chance in the event of failure.
如果失败，我还有另一个机会。
The play was a dead failure.
这场戏完全失败了。
详细释义：
n.
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.
她死于心力衰竭。
6. 破产, 无支付能力[C][U]
There were many bank failures during the depression.
经济萧条时期许多银行破产。
7. 【美】不及格[U][(+in)]
He was upset by his failure in the exam.
他因考试不及格而感到沮丧。