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failing : failure — 356 这两个名词不容混淆,前者是作“缺点”或“弱点”讲,而后者则是“失败”或“倒闭”的意思(参见词目 354 )。 例如: That machine has one big failing. 那部机器有个大缺点。 We all have our little failings. 我们大家都有自己的小毛病。 We gave up completely after numerous failures. 多次失败之后,我们就全部不干了。 He was badly hit by the bank failures. 银行一倒闭,他遭到很大的打击。
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