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

• 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。
• Not so ancient, I think, that she is willing to admit the failings of her campaign.
  我想，还不至于遥远到她愿意承认竞选中的败笔吧。
• He had his failings, but he was basically a good man.
  他有缺点，但本质上是一个好人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Was censorious of petty failings.
  对细微的不足非常挑剔。
• Bankers need to acknowledge their failings. Attention can then turn to the important job of restoring their credibility.
  银行家必须承认他们的不足，然后才应该将关注点转到另一件重要的事情上：恢复他们的信誉。