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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Was censorious of petty failings.
对细微的不足非常挑剔。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - My father definitely had his flaws and failings.
我父亲肯定有缺点和不足。 - 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。 - 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。