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
- Destiny: a tyrant's excuse for his own crimes and a fool's excuse for his failings.
命运：暴君为罪行找的借口和愚人为失败找的借口。 - Moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker. We are men with the weaknesses and failings of men.
通过减弱疼痛或悲伤而缓和的。我们是男人，有男人的弱点和失算之处。 - ARMAND: You made me see their failings, Louis.
阿尔芒：你让我看到了他们的失败，路易。 - We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。 - Bankers need to acknowledge their failings. Attention can then turn to the important job of restoring their credibility.
银行家必须承认他们的不足，然后才应该将关注点转到另一件重要的事情上：恢复他们的信誉。 - He became a progressively harsh and disillusioned critic of his country's failings.
他成了一个摒弃一切幻想，严厉抨击时弊的批评家。 - 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。 - To admit shortcomings and inadequacies is the starting point for solving problems and overcoming weaknesses or failings.
承认我们哪些方面有缺点，哪些方面还不足，这就是解决问题的起点，克服弱点、克服缺点的起点。 - His failings were largely due to the absence of concepts like mass, velocity, force and temperature.
它的失败主要是因为没有像质量、速度、力和温度这样的概念。 - But we still have many failings.
但是我们的毛病还很多。