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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。 - 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。 - Was censorious of petty failings.
对细微的不足非常挑剔。 - 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。 - I have some failings of my own to confess.
我也要向你坦白我的过失。 - 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。 - 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。