1640s, failer, "a failing, deficiency," also "act of failing," from Anglo-French failer, Old French falir "be lacking; not succeed" (see fail (v.)). The verb in Anglo-French used as a noun; ending altered 17c. in English to conform with words in -ure. Meaning "thing or person considered as a failure" is from 1837.
雙語例句
1. Failure is never quite so frightening as regret do.
比失敗更令人恐懼的是懊悔。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
2. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill
成功不是終點(diǎn)，失敗也并非末日，最重要的是繼續(xù)前進(jìn)的勇氣。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
3. It is the easy way out to blame others for our failure.
把我們的失敗歸罪到別人頭上倒是省事。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Those who fail incline to blame the world for their failure.
那些失敗者往往將他們的失敗歸咎于社會(huì)。
來自柯林斯例句
5. His six-year transition programme has by no means been a complete failure.