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

• 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。
• I have some failings of my own to confess.
  我也要向你坦白我的过失。
• 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。
• 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。
• We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
  我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。