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.- 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。 - 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。
- Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West...
- 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.- 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。
- Find someone who will let you talk things through, or failing that, write down your thoughts.
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - ARMAND: You made me see their failings, Louis.
阿尔芒：你让我看到了他们的失败，路易。 - 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 his failings, but he was basically a good man.
他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。 - Moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker. We are men with the weaknesses and failings of men.
通过减弱疼痛或悲伤而缓和的。我们是男人，有男人的弱点和失算之处。 - Was censorious of petty failings.
对细微的不足非常挑剔。 - But we still have many failings.
但是我们的毛病还很多。