failings

英 [ˈfeɪlɪŋz] 美 [ˈfeɪlɪŋz]

n.  弱点; 缺点
failing的复数



柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 过错;缺陷;不足
    The failings of 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。
  2. PHRASE (引出另一种选择)如果不能的话,万一不行的话
    You say failing that to 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

  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。
  3. Fortunately for me, my kids are of the persuasion that their failings are of their own making.
    对我来说幸运的是,我的孩子们相信失败是他们自己造成的。
  4. We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
    我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. But we still have many failings.
    但是我们的毛病还很多。
  13. We are men with the weaknesses and failings of men.
    我们是男人,有男人的弱点和失算之处。
  14. Was censorious of petty failings.
    对细微的不足非常挑剔。
  15. ARMAND: You made me see their failings, Louis.
    阿尔芒:你让我看到了他们的失败,路易。
  16. 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。
  17. It is what it is, and so are you, with all your contradictions and faults and failings.
    它还是它,你也是。包括你所有的反驳,过失与弱点。
  18. 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。
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. 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。
  22. He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
    他有缺点,但本质上是一个好人。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. I have some failings of my own to confess.
    我也要向你坦白我的过失。
  26. 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。
  27. 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。
  28. My father definitely had his flaws and failings.
    我父亲肯定有缺点和不足。
  29. 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。
  30. 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。