[] lack of success in doing or achieving sth失败◆The company's failure to meet sales targets resulted in serious problems.这家公司未能达到销售目标，导致了严重的问题。◆the failure of the company's marketing strategy公司营销策略的失败 [] somebody or something that is not successful失败的人（或事）◆He was a failure as a manager.他当经理并不称职。◆The project suffered from too many mistakes and failures.这个项目出现了太多的错误和失败。 [, ]an act of not doing sth, especially sth that you are expected to do未做；未履行（应做之事）◆Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.不遵守各种规章制度将被起诉。 [, ]a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful破产；倒闭◆Business failures dropped by 6% last year.企业破产率去年下降了 6 ％。◆New companies suffer from a high failure rate.新公司的破产率高。 [, ](about a machine or system) the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens（机器或系统）故障，失灵◆The crash was caused by engine failure.飞机坠毁的原因是引擎故障。◆a systems/technical failure系统／技术故障audit failure