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

• 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。
• Say of him what you please, but I know my child's failings.
  你想说他什么就尽情地说吧，但我了解孩子的缺点。
• 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。
• It is what it is, and so are you, with all your contradictions and faults and failings.
  它还是它，你也是。包括你所有的反驳，过失与弱点。
• Bankers need to acknowledge their failings. Attention can then turn to the important job of restoring their credibility.
  银行家必须承认他们的不足，然后才应该将关注点转到另一件重要的事情上：恢复他们的信誉。
• But we still have many failings.
  但是我们的毛病还很多。
• Was censorious of petty failings.
  对细微的不足非常挑剔。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm afraid you see so much of your neighbor's failings that you're blind to their virtues.
  恐怕是你太注重邻居们地缺点而忽略了他们的优点。