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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
他有缺点,但本质上是一个好人。 - We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。 - 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。 - 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。