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

• He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
  他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Not so ancient, I think, that she is willing to admit the failings of her campaign.
  我想，还不至于遥远到她愿意承认竞选中的败笔吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。