failings是什么意思？

failings

• n. 弱点，缺陷，短处( failing的名词复数 )；

例句

• be censorious of petty failings 对细微的不足非常挑剔
• We all have our little failings. 我们都有小缺点.
• She is aware of her own failings. 她了解自己的弱点。
• We all too easily point out our mothers' failings. 我们都太过轻易地指出母亲的缺点。
• The Democrats were ready to pounce on any Republican failings or mistakes... 民主党人随时准备揪出共和党人的过失或错误。
• Fortunately for me, my kids are of the persuasion that their failings are of their own making. 对我来说幸运的是,我的孩子们相信失败是他们自己造成的。
• All he could do was recite a list of Government failings... 他能做的只是列举政府的种种不是。
• He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings. 为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。
• Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West... 像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  过错;缺陷;不足
  The failings of someone or something are their faults or unsatisfactory features.
  例句
  Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West... 像俄罗斯很多人一样，她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。 He had invented an imaginary son, in order to make up for his real son's failings. 为了弥补现实中儿子的不足之处，他就想象出了一个儿子。
• PHRASE
  (引出另一种选择)如果不能的话，万一不行的话
  You say failing that to introduce an alternative, in case what you have just said is not possible.
  例句
  Find someone who will let you talk things through, or failing that, write down your thoughts. 找个能让你把事情说清楚的人，如果不行的话，就把你所想的写下来。