"Failure" 和 "fail" 都是动词,但它们在用法上略有不同。
"Failure" 是一个名词,表示失败、不成功或失利。例如:
- The team's failure to win the game was disappointing.
(团队未能赢得比赛令人失望。)
"Fail" 是一个动词,表示未能成功或失败。例如:
- I failed the test because I didn't study enough.
(我因为没有学习足够而考试不及格。)
另外,"failure" 还可以用作形容词,表示失败的、不成功的。例如:
- He faced a lot of failures before finally achieving his goal.
(他在最终实现他的目标之前经历了很多失败。)