failings
英 [ˈfeɪlɪŋz]
美 [ˈfeɪlɪŋz]
n. 弱点; 缺点
failing的复数
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 过错;缺陷;不足
Thefailingsof someone or something are their faults or unsatisfactory features.- Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West...
像俄罗斯很多人一样,她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。 - He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings.
为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处,他就想象出了一个儿子。
- Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West...
- PHRASE (引出另一种选择)如果不能的话,万一不行的话
You sayfailing thatto introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.- Find someone who will let you talk things through, or failing that, write down your thoughts.
找个能让你把事情说清楚的人,如果不行的话,就把你所想的写下来。
- Find someone who will let you talk things through, or failing that, write down your thoughts.
双语例句
- He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
他有缺点,但本质上是一个好人。 - Say of him what you please, but I know my child's failings.
你想说他什么就尽情地说吧,但我了解孩子的缺点。 - They are what they are, and usually have no problem admitting their failings.
他们什么都没有问题,一般都承认他们的失败。 - But we still have many failings.
但是我们的毛病还很多。 - My father definitely had his flaws and failings.
我父亲肯定有缺点和不足。 - Far from reinforcing confidence in the courts, the trial highlights the continued failings of China's judicial system.
这场庭审与其说强化了人们对法庭的信心,不如说暴露了中国司法体系依然存在的缺陷。 - I have some failings of my own to confess.
我也要向你坦白我的过失。 - When you love your job you dont gossip about the personal failings of others.
当你热爱你的工作时,你不会对别人个人的失败品头论足。 - I'm afraid you see so much of your neighbor's failings that you're blind to their virtues.
恐怕是你太注重邻居们地缺点而忽略了他们的优点。 - Examination of performance before the crisis might reveal still more important failings.
如果对其危机前的表现进行评估,可能会发现其失误更为严重。