- 基礎釋義
- 例句
- 四級真題
- 六級真題
- 柯林斯詞典釋義
- 英漢詞典釋義
- 英英詞典釋義
failing
英[?fe?l??]
美[?fel??]
例句
英語四級真題
It is harder to predict how Mr Obama's proposed reforms to the failing health-care system will turn out.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
The way in which Mr Jobs revived the failing company he had co-founded and turned it into the world's biggest tech firm (bigger even than Bill Gates's Microsoft, the company that had outsmarted Apple so dramatically in the 1980s), sounds like something from a Hollywood movie.
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
He turned a failing company into a profitable business
出自-2012年12月閱讀原文
英語六級真題
Scholars will debate which interventions this time - the Federal Reserve's support of a failing credit system, guarantees of bank debt, Obama's ''stimulus" plan and bank "stress test" - counted most in preventing a recurrence.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
In writing about their own experiences many applicants slip into clichés, thus failing to engage the reader.
出自-2013年12月閱讀原文
Setting realistic goals can turn a failing business into success.
出自-2012年6月閱讀原文
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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N-COUNT
過錯;缺陷;不足
The failings of someone or something are their faults or unsatisfactory features.
例句
Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West...
像俄羅斯很多人一樣，她認為國家的錯誤就在于徒然地竭力追趕西方。
He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
為了彌補現實中兒子的不足之處，他就想象出了一個兒子。
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PHRASE
(引出另一種選擇)如果不能的話，萬一不行的話
You say failing that to introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.
例句
Find someone who will let you talk things through, or failing that, write down your thoughts.
找個能讓你把事情說清楚的人，如果不行的話，就把你所想的寫下來。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
弱點;缺陷;短處
We all have our little failings.
我們都有小缺點。prep.
如果(某人不在), 如果沒有(某人)
Failing Smith, try Tom.
要是史密斯不在, 就找湯姆。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a flaw or weak point;
"he was quick to point out his wife's failings"2. failure to reach a minimum required performance;
"his failing the course led to his disqualification"Adjective
1. unable to meet financial obligations;
"a failing business venture"2. below acceptable in performance;
"received failing grades"