failing

US [ˈfeɪlɪŋ]
UK ['feɪlɪŋ]
  • n.缺点；弱点
  • prep.如果没有；如果不能
  • adj.衰退中的
  • v.“fail”的现在分词
  • Web失败；失败的；不及格
Plural Form：failings  

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Failing
n.
1.
[usupl]
弱点；缺点a weakness or fault in sb/sth
She is aware of her own failings.
她了解自己的弱点。
The inquiry acknowledges failings in the judicial system.
这次调查承认司法制度有缺陷。
prep.
1.
如果不能；如果没有used to introduce a suggestion that could be considered if the one just mentioned is not possible
Ask a friend to recommend a doctor or, failing that , ask for a list in your local library.
请朋友推荐一位医生，如果办不到就向当地图书馆要一份名单。

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Definition:
AllAll,缺点缺点,弱点弱点,如果没有如果没有,如果不能如果不能,衰退中的衰退中的,失败失败,失败的失败的,不及格不及格
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1.
The public education system is not only failing to keep pace with surging demand, but is often of poor quality.
公共教育系统非但不足以跟上发展的步调，品质也很低落。
gōng gòng jiào yù xì tǒng fēi dàn bù zú yǐ gēn shàng fā zhǎn de bù diào , pǐn zhì yě hěn dī luò 。
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2.
A short-sighted person tends to be conservative, thereby failing to see the connections between things.
目光短浅的人往往固步自封，从而看不到事物之间的联系。
mù guāng duǎn qiǎn de rén wǎng wǎng gù bù zì fēng , cóng ér kàn bú dào shì wù zhī jiān de lián xì 。
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3.
And I should have been failing in my duty as your godmother if I did not counsel against it.
作为你的教母我要是不加以阻挠那就太失职了
zuò wéi nǐ de jiào mǔ wǒ yào shi bù jiā yǐ zǔ náo nà jiù tài shī zhí le
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4.
I spent years trying to be a politician failing at every attempt and nearly gave up.
多年来我为了立足政坛一直不断努力，但却屡遭失败，以致我几乎想要放弃。
duō nián lái wǒ wèi le lì zú zhèng tán yì zhí bú duàn nǔ lì , dàn què lǚ zāo shī bài , yǐ zhì wǒ jī hū xiǎng yào fàng qì 。
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5.
In another instance, an investor backed an entrepreneur in a business that thereafter appeared to be failing.
在另一个例子里，某投资者资助了一个日渐衰落的公司。
zài lìng yī gè lì zǐ lǐ , mǒu tóu zī zhě zī zhù le yī gè rì jiàn shuāi luò de gōng sī 。
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6.
If they are already failing by the age of four and a half or five, it's going to be quite difficult to get them back into the system again.
如果他们在四五岁时就已经准备好了失败，那么以后让他们回归这个教学系统就非常难了。
rú guǒ tā men zài sì wǔ suì shí jiù yǐ jīng zhǔn bèi hǎo le shī bài , nà me yǐ hòu ràng tā men huí guī zhè ge jiào xué xì tǒng jiù fēi cháng nán le 。
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7.
I'm happy to report that after years of studying it, I've become fairly good at it (though happily failing all the time).
我很高兴地宣布，经过数年的研究之后我已在这方面变得相当在行了（尽管一直在失败着）。
wǒ hěn gāo xìng de xuān bù , jīng guò shù nián de yán jiū zhī hòu wǒ yǐ zài zhè fāng miàn biàn de xiāng dāng zài háng le ( jǐn guǎn yì zhí zài shī bài zhe ) 。
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8.
He constantly made up all kinds of excuses for failing to finish projects, as if they would add up to the truth.
他不停的编着各种借口来解释为什么没能完成任务，好像一千个谎言加起来就可以等于实情
tā bù tíng de biān zhe gè zhǒng jiè kǒu lái jiě shì wèi shén me méi néng wán chéng rèn wu , hǎo xiàng yì qiān gè huǎng yán jiā qǐ lái jiù kě yǐ děng yú shí qíng
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9.
But even with all that bailing, Spanish banks have still come perilously close to failing.
但即使接受了这么多的救援资金，西班牙的银行依然处境危险，濒临倒闭。
dàn jí shǐ jiē shòu le zhè me duō de jiù yuán zī jīn , xī bān yá de yín háng yī rán chǔ jìng wēi xiǎn , bīn lín dǎo bì 。
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10.
But it was too terrible for that When I tried to understand it, I had the feeling I was failing to condemn it as it must be condemned.
但这种心情太可怖了。当我试图去了解其原委时，我就有种感觉，我没法像别人那样去谴责。
dàn zhè zhǒng xīn qíng tài kě bù le 。 dāng wǒ shì tú qù liǎo jiě qí yuán wěi shí , wǒ jiù yǒu zhǒng gǎn jué , wǒ méi fǎ xiàng bié rén nà yàng qù qiǎn zé 。
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