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

• 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。
• When you love your job you dont gossip about the personal failings of others.
  当你热爱你的工作时，你不会对别人个人的失败品头论足。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
  他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。