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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - In an unusual gesture for a Chinese official, Mr Hu acknowledged some of these failings.
胡四一承认了这方面的一些不足之处，这种姿态对于中国官员而言颇不寻常。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - All he could do was recite a list of Government failings
他能做的只是列举政府的种种不是。 - 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。