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*fail·ure /`feljə; ˈfeɪljə/
n
1 [C,U] a lack of success in achieving or doing something 失败:
end in failure All his plans ended in failure. 他的所有计划都以失败告终。
2 [C] someone or something that is not successful 失败的人［事］:
I feel like such a failure. 我觉得自己真像个废物。
3 [C,U] when a machine or part of your body stops working properly 失灵; 衰竭:
the failure of the computer system 电脑系统瘫痪
heart/kidney/liver failure (=when your heart etc stops working) 心/肾/肝衰竭
4 failure to do sth the fact that someone has not done something they should have done 未做〔应做的〕某事:
We were worried about his failure to contact us. 他没与我们联系，使我们担心。
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