Слово англійською: failure
Іменник
Переклад failure українською: відмо́ва (гальм і т. д.), неу́спіх, невда́ча, прова́л, дефе́кт, прова́л, непола́дка, ва́да (в робо́ті), банкру́тство (фі́рми), неврожа́й, відклю́чення електроене́ргії, блека́ут
Детальний опис
not successful
- [uncountable, countable] lack of success in doing or achieving something
- The success or failure of the plan depends on you.
- She is still coming to terms with the failure of her marriage.
- The attempt was doomed to failure.
- All my efforts ended in failure.
- the problems of economic failure and increasing unemployment
- Their bid to win the contract resulted in abject failure.
- The decision to withdraw funding represents a failure of imagination.
- the intelligence failures that preceded the terrorist attacks
opposite success
- [countable] a person or thing that is not successful
- The whole thing was a complete failure.
- A team learns from experience, both successes and failures.
- failure as something He was a failure as a teacher.
opposite success
not doing something
- [uncountable, countable] an act of not doing something, especially something that you are expected to do
- failure to do something Failure to comply with the regulations will result in prosecution.
- the city's failure to provide an efficient public transport system
- the government's failure to carry out reforms in the energy sector
- His confession followed repeated failures to appear in court.
- failure of somebody/something to do something the failure of the United Nations to maintain food supplies
- failure by somebody/something to do something a report on the failure by the police to protect her
of machine/part of body
- [uncountable, countable] the state of not working correctly or as expected; an occasion when this happens
- patients suffering from heart/kidney/liver failure
- renal/respiratory failure
- Production has been hampered by mechanical failure.
- A power failure plunged everything into darkness.
- The cause of the crash was given as engine failure.
- Poor maintenance caused the failure of two electricity generators.
of business
- [countable, uncountable] a situation in which a business has to close because it is not successful
- There has been an alarming increase in business failures.
- Are we going to see more closures or failures in the ISP business?
- Business failures rose by 30% in 2023.
of crop/harvest
- [uncountable, countable] crop/harvest failure a situation in which crops do not grow correctly and do not produce food
- Bad weather has resulted in crop failure.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally as failer, in the senses ‘non-occurrence’ and ‘stopping of supply’): from Anglo-Norman French failer for Old French faillir, based on Latin fallere ‘deceive’.