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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• Was censorious of petty failings.
  对细微的不足非常挑剔。
• ARMAND: You made me see their failings, Louis.
  阿尔芒：你让我看到了他们的失败，路易。
• Widespread failings by NHS trusts will be exposed this week in the most comprehensive assessment yet of NHS performance.
  这个礼拜，随着由NHS成员进行的全面评估结果的公布，民众普遍对NHS体系失去了信心。
• He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
  他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。
• 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。
• We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
  我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
• In his resignation speech he blamed his failings on his blood type.
  在辞职演说中，他将自己的过失归咎于血型。
• I have some failings of my own to confess.
  我也要向你坦白我的过失。
• The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes
  民主党人随时准备揪出共和党人的过失或错误。
• Not so ancient, I think, that she is willing to admit the failings of her campaign.
  我想，还不至于遥远到她愿意承认竞选中的败笔吧。