failure
US: /ˈfeɪɫjɝ/
UK: /fˈeɪliə/
UK: /fˈeɪliə/
English Vietnamese dictionary
failure /'feiljə/
- danh từ
- sự không xảy ra, sự không làm được (việc gì)
- the failure to grasp a policy: sự không nắm vững một chính sách
- sự thiếu
- sự thất bại; sự hỏng; sự mất (mùa, điện...)
- người bị thất bại; việc thất bại, cố gắng không thành công
- he is a failure in art: anh ấy không thành công trong nghệ thuật
- sự thi hỏng
- sự vỡ nợ, sự phá sản
- sự không xảy ra, sự không làm được (việc gì)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
not successful
1 [U] lack of success in doing or achieving sth: The success or failure of the plan depends on you. + The attempt was doomed to failure. + All my efforts ended in failure. + the problems of economic failure and increasing unemployment + She is still coming to terms with the failure of her marriage.
Antonym: SUCCESS
2 [C] somebody or something that is not successful: The whole thing was a complete failure. + He was a failure as a teacher. + A team learns from experience, both successes and failures.
Antonym: SUCCESS
not doing sth
3 [U, C] ~ to do sth an act of not doing sth, especially sth that you are expected to do: the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies + Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution. + His confession followed repeated failures to appear in court.
of machine / part of body
4 [U, C] the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens: patients suffering from heart / kidney failure + Production has been hampered by mechanical failure. + A power failure plunged everything into darkness. + The cause of the crash was given as engine failure.
of business
5 [C, U] (business ~) a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful: an alarming increase in business failures
of crop / harvest
6 [U, C] crop / harvest ~ a situation in which crops do not grow correctly and do not produce food: Bad weather has resulted in crop failure.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 failing, default, non-performance, remissness; neglect, omission, dereliction, deficiency:
His failure to do his duty resulted in a court martial.
2 breakdown, collapse, discontinuance, miscarriage, loss; decline, decay, deterioration:
Power disruptions are caused by the failure of the national grid.
3 loser, non-starter, incompetent, also-ran, nonentity, Colloq flop, fizzle, damp squib, dud, lemon, washout, dead duck, US lead balloon:
He was an utter failure as a violinist.
4 bankruptcy, ruin, insolvency, downfall, crash, Colloq folding:
Bank failures increased owing to bad loans and other poor investments.
Collocation dictionary
1 lack of success
ADJ.
complete, total | abject, humiliating, ignominious
The attempt ended in abject failure.
| inevitable | costly | alleged, apparent, perceived | evident | comparative, relative | initial
Initial failure was followed by unexpected, if modest, success.
| ultimate
War is the ultimate failure of public communication.
| personal | moral | academic | economic, financial | military
VERB + FAILURE
be doomed to, end in, result in
All her efforts were doomed to failure.
| admit, confess
He was too proud to admit failure.
| expect
Children who are doing badly tend to expect failure and criticism.
| fear | avoid
FAILURE + NOUN
rate
There is a high failure rate with this treatment.
PHRASES
fear of failure
Fear of failure should not deter you from trying.
| a history of failure
John had a long history of academic failure.
| a possibility/risk of failure, a sense of failure
2 unsuccessful person/thing
ADJ.
great, serious | complete, total, utter | catastrophic, disastrous | abject, conspicuous, dismal, humiliating, ignominious, lamentable, miserable | costly | heroic
Her ideas were large: if she could not succeed, she would at least be a heroic failure.
| alleged, apparent, perceived | evident | comparative, relative | past
to learn from past failures
| rare
The film was one of the rare failures in his career.
| unexpected | personal | collective | moral | academic | economic, financial
economic failure and increasing unemployment
| military
VERB + FAILURE
be, represent | prove
The venture proved a costly failure.
| feel
I felt a complete failure.
| consider sb/sth, regard sb/sth as | brand sb/sth, pronounce sb/sth
Her parents had long since branded her a failure.
FAILURE + VERB
arise from sth
failures arising from circumstances beyond your control
PREP.
~ of
The decision to withdraw funding represents a failure of imagination.
3 not doing sth
ADJ.
fundamental | general | manifest | consistent, constant, continued/continuing, persistent, repeated | government, management
government failure to listen to the voice of the electorate
VERB + FAILURE
excuse, justify
seeking to excuse his failure to ask her permission
4 of a machine/system/part of the body, etc.
ADJ.
battery, brake, component, computer, engine, equipment, mechanical, power, system, technical | bank, business, commercial, company, corporate, market
Business failures rose by 30% in 2001.
| brain, heart, kidney, liver | crop, harvest | communication
VERB + FAILURE
cause, lead to, result in
a rare viral infection that can lead to heart failure
FAILURE + VERB
occur
A power failure occurred between 4 and 5 p.m.
PREP.
~ in
a failure in the computer system
Concise English dictionary
failures'feɪljə(r)
noun
+an act that fails
+an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
+lack of success
+a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
+an unexpected omission
+inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
+loss of ability to function normally
