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失败 (失敗)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

失败 [shībài]
  1. 1. verb fail
    卫星发射失败了。
    The satellite launch was unsuccessful.
    他雅思考试又失败了。
    He failed IELTS again.
    我军在那次战斗中遭到了失败
    Our army was defeated in that battle.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

失败 [shībài]
  1. 1. be defeated; lose (a war, etc.); flop; go under
    遭到了可耻的失败
    meet with ignominious defeat
  2. 2. fail
    这项试验失败了不止一次。
    The experiment has failed more than once.
  3. 3. noun failure; founder

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

失败 [shībài]
  1. 1. 在战争、竞赛中被对方击败
    侵略者必然失败
  2. 2. (工作、事业等)没有达到预期目的或目标
    失败是成功之母。

Examples

他必然失败
He's bound to fail.
不甘心于自己的失败
will not take one's defeat lying down
失败了还不死心
not be reconciled to one's failure
他们愈是捣乱,就失败得愈惨。
The more trouble they make, the worse will be their downfall.
惨重失败
a disastrous defeat
彻底失败
end in utter failure
理论上的错误必然导致实践上的失败
Errors in theory inevitably result in failures in practice.
不要因失败而灰心,也不要因成功而骄傲。
Don't be discouraged by failure or get dizzy with success.
敌人对于他们的失败是不会甘心的。
The enemy will not resign themselves to defeat.
失败告终
end in failure

Collocations

失败
the loser
失败的尝试
a failure
战争失败
to be defeated in war
非常失败
a disastrous defeat
失败告终
to end in failure
惨遭失败
to be defeated

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