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 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。 - 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。 - He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Widespread failings by NHS trusts will be exposed this week in the most comprehensive assessment yet of NHS performance.
这个礼拜，随着由NHS成员进行的全面评估结果的公布，民众普遍对NHS体系失去了信心。 - 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。 - Was censorious of petty failings.
对细微的不足非常挑剔。