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

• 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。
• Was censorious of petty failings.
  对细微的不足非常挑剔。
• 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。
• My father definitely had his flaws and failings.
  我父亲肯定有缺点和不足。
• 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。
• 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。
• We all too easily point out our mothers 'failings.
  我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。