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1. N-UNCOUNT Failure is a lack of success in doing or achieving something, especially in relation to a particular activity. 失敗

This policy is doomed to failure. 這項政策注定要失敗。

Three attempts on the 200-metre record ended in failure. 3次曏200米紀錄的沖擊以失敗告終。

2. N-UNCOUNT Your failure to do a particular thing is the fact that you do not do it, even though you were expected to do it. 未成

They see their failure to produce an heir as a curse from God. 他們將自己未能生育一個後嗣看作是來自上帝的一個詛咒。

3. N-COUNT If something is a failure, it is not a success. 失敗

The marriage was a failure and they both wanted to be free of it. 這段婚姻是個失敗，他們倆都想從中解放出來。

4. N-COUNT If you say that someone is a failure, you mean that they have not succeeded in a particular activity, or that they are unsuccessful at everything they do. 失敗者

Elgar received many honours and much acclaim and yet he often considered himself a failure. 埃爾加獲得了很多榮譽和歡呼，但是他常常把自己看成一個失敗者。

5. N-VAR If there is a failure of something, for example, a machine or part of the body, it goes wrong and stops working or developing properly. 故障

There were also several accidents mainly caused by engine failures on take-off. 還有一些事故主要是由起飛時引擎故障導致的。

6. N-VAR If there is a failure of a business or bank, it is no longer able to continue operating. 倒閉[商業]

Business failures rose 16% last month. 上個月公司倒閉上陞了16%。