failure
defeat
fiasco
flop【导航词义:失败】
failure n. 失败;失败的人,失败的事
〔辨析〕指做某事时未能达成目标,也可指不成功的人或事。
〔例证〕
Their action ended in failure.
他们的行动以失败而告终。
She felt she was a failure in the others' eyes.
她觉得在别人眼中自己是个失败的人。
His election campaign was a complete failure.
他的竞选活动完全失败。
defeat n. 失败
〔辨析〕多指在与某一方的对抗中所遭遇的失败,如在战争、比赛、竞选等中的失利,也可泛指未能做成某事。
〔例证〕
a narrow defeat
惜败
The commander admitted defeat in the battle.
指挥官承认此次战役失败了。
fiasco n. 惨败
〔辨析〕指让人十分难堪或失望的彻底失败。
〔例证〕
His first audition was a fiasco.
他第一次试镜彻底失败。
He hoped that the supper his girlfriend made would not be a fiasco.
他希望女朋友做的晚饭不会完全无法下咽。
flop n. 〈非正式〉失败之作
〔辨析〕指不受欢迎的产品、电影、戏剧等。
〔例证〕
The flop of the novel discouraged the writer.
小说的失败让作者非常沮丧。
The monotonous dialogue made the film a complete flop.
单调的对白使这部电影一败涂地。