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

• ARMAND: You made me see their failings, Louis.
  阿尔芒：你让我看到了他们的失败，路易。
• But we still have many failings.
  但是我们的毛病还很多。
• We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
  我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
  他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。