failure n. 1.失敗 (opp. success); 不及格。 2.不足,缺乏;衰退;【醫(yī)學(xué)】衰竭。 3.不履行,玩忽。 4.破產(chǎn),倒閉;(銀行等的)無(wú)力支付。 5.失敗的事;失敗者。 6.【物理學(xué)】失效;【機(jī)械工程】斷裂,破壞,變鈍。 F- is the mother of success. = F- teaches success. 〔諺語(yǔ)〕失敗是成功之母。 a failure of rain 雨量缺乏。 failure in duty 不盡職。 a crop failure = (a) failure of crops 收成不好,歉收。 failure of electricity 停電。 a failure of issue 無(wú)后(嗣)。 failure of eyesight 視力減退。 He is a failure as a teacher. 他教書不行。 heart failure 【醫(yī)學(xué)】心力衰竭。 a social failure (社會(huì)上的)失敗者。 end in failure = meet with failure 終歸失敗。 invite failure 招致失敗。
I was expected to do poorly by both my coach and myself , but then after i thought of my race and warmed up during the ten minute break i decided to let patience , training and the wisdom of god and master ching hai take over me and i prayed to master ching hai and said , master if im truly to fail as a swimmer and drop beyond my place then you shall reveal to me my absolute failure and let me pass on with my life and give me the courage to withstand my humiliation , but if im not going to lose then i beg you to give me strength through my upcoming challenge 當(dāng)時(shí)教練已經(jīng)不再期待我會(huì)有好的表現(xiàn),我自己也失去信心,但在休息的十分鐘,經(jīng)過(guò)一番思考,并做了暖身操后,我決定考驗(yàn)自己的耐力,同時(shí)也讓上帝和清海師父的智慧照顧一切。我向清海師父祈求:如果這次比賽我注定會(huì)輸?shù)?,名次?huì)往下滑,請(qǐng)您讓我輸?shù)脧氐滓稽c(diǎn),并讓我有勇氣承受恥辱,繼續(xù)活下去但如果我還有機(jī)會(huì)贏,懇求您賜給我力量,讓我通過(guò)即將來(lái)臨的挑戰(zhàn)。