| 单词 | failure |
| 释义 | failure failure // noun
AUDIT FAILURE, MARKET FAILURE
1 [U] lack of success in doing or achieving sth: The company's failure to meet sales targets resulted in serious problems. the failure of the company's marketing strategy the problems of economic failure and increasing unemployment The success or failure of the plan depends on you.
2 [C] somebody or something that is not successful: He was a failure as a manager. The project suffered from too many mistakes and failures.
3 [U,C] an act of not doing sth, especially sth that you are expected to do: Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.
4 [C,U] a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful: Business failures dropped by 6% last year. New companies suffer from a high failure rate.
5 [U,C] (about a machine or system) the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens: The crash was caused by engine failure. a systems/technical failure |
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