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

• 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。
• 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。
• He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
  他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But we still have many failings.
  但是我们的毛病还很多。
• Examination of performance before the crisis might reveal still more important failings.
  如果对其危机前的表现进行评估，可能会发现其失误更为严重。
• 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。