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failing

/ˈfeɪ.lɪŋ/

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verb

失败，不及格

To be unsuccessful.

Examples :

"Throughout my life, I have always failed."

我这一辈子，总是以失败告终。

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verb

未能，未能做到。

Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually an infinitive.)

Examples :

"The truck failed to start."

卡车未能启动。

achievement outcome action

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verb

辜负，疏忽。

Examples :

"The report fails to take into account all the mitigating factors."

这份报告辜负了对所有缓和因素的考虑。

attitude character moral action

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verb

出故障，失灵。

Of a machine, etc.: to cease to operate correctly.

Examples :

"After running five minutes, the engine failed."

发动机运行了五分钟后，就出故障了。

technical machine device technology system

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verb

失败，辜负，不足。

To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.

Examples :

"The project is failing to meet the deadline; we are insufficiently prepared. "

这个项目眼看就要无法按时完成了；我们准备严重不足。(Zhè ge xiàngmù yǎnkàn jiù yào wúfǎ ànshí wánchéng le; wǒmen zhǔnbèi yánzhòng bùzú.)

outcome action character condition situation negative

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verb

不及格，没通过

To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.

Examples :

"I failed English last year."

我去年英语考试不及格了。

education achievement

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verb

不及格，挂科。

To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.

Examples :

"The professor failed me because I did not complete any of the course assignments."

因为我没做任何课程作业，教授让我挂科了。

education achievement

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verb

失败，不及格，衰退。

To miss attaining; to lose.

Examples :

"My younger sister is failing her math test; she's missing the answers. "

我妹妹这次数学考试要不及格了，好多题都不会做。

outcome action achievement

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verb

不足，缺乏。

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.

Examples :

"The crops failed last year."

去年庄稼歉收了。(Qùnián zhuāngjia qiànshōu le.)

condition quality ability negative outcome

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verb

缺乏，缺少。

To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.

Examples :

"The student was failing of the necessary skills to pass the exam. "

这个学生缺乏通过考试所需的必要技能。

condition state negative

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verb

衰退，衰落，下降。

To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

Examples :

"The student's grades were failing because of their lack of attendance. "

因为出勤率太低，这名学生的成绩正在下滑。

condition process nature action

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verb

衰退，衰弱。

To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.

Examples :

"A sick man fails."

一个病人身体衰弱了。

condition physiology medicine biology

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verb

去世，逝世。

To perish; to die; used of a person.

Examples :

"My grandmother is failing; her health is declining rapidly. "

我的奶奶身体越来越不行了，健康状况正在迅速恶化，恐怕要去世了。

person human being

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verb

判断失误，犯错

To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Examples :

"The student was failing to understand the complex math problem. "

这个学生一直没能理解这道复杂的数学题，说明他的判断出现了偏差。

mind action philosophy

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verb

破产，倒闭

To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

Examples :

"The struggling business was failing to meet its debt payments and was eventually forced to close. "

这家苦苦挣扎的企业无法按时偿还债务，最终被迫倒闭。

business finance economy

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noun

缺点，缺陷。

Weakness; defect

Examples :

"His worst failing is his temper."

他最大的缺点就是脾气不好。

character negative quality

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preposition

若…不然, 如果…不行

If the preferred or prior option is not possible

Examples :

"A large proportion of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike, failing a settlement."

据说在其他公司工作的大部分女性员工已经表示，她们打算举行罢工，若问题无法解决/如果问题无法得到解决。

possibility outcome