n. 失败, 失败者, 不足, 缺乏, 破产【计】 故障; 失效【医】 衰竭【经】 破产, 无支付能力

◆记忆方法一：
词根词缀记忆法：failure n 失败（fail+ure→错误状态→失败）,fall,fail,fault=err,deceive,表示“犯错误，欺骗”

• failure的用法与搭配
  
  failure的用法与搭配
  
  1. 泛指一般意义的“失败”，是不可数名词。如：
  Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。
  若指具体的失败的人或事等，则为可数名词。如：
  The performance was rather a failure. 表演颇不成功。
  He was a failure as a teacher. 他当过教师，却不称职。
  另外，若指一次失败，也是可数名词。如：
  Success came after many failures. 多次失败之后，终于获得了成功。
  2. 表示未能做某事，通常用 one’s failure to do sth。如：
  His failure to help us was disappointing. 他未能帮助我们真是令人失望。
  I am puzzled by his failure to reply to my letter. 他不给我回信使我百思不解。

fail/failure/fall/fault/false
记忆：
1. fail [ feil ] vi. 失败, 不及格 If you continue working in this way, you body is sure to fail. 如果你继续这样工作，你的身份肯定会垮的。
2. failure [ 5feiljE ] n. 失败, 失败者 Cheer up! Failure is the mother of success, after all. 振作些！毕竟，失败是成功之母。 格言：Failure teaches success. 失败是成功的先导。
3. fall [ fC:l] n. 秋天, 落下 vi. 倒下, 落下 Yellow leaves fall in fall. 秋天叶黄而落。
4. fault [ fC:lt ] n. 过错, 缺点, 故障, 毛病 You are always finding fault about what I wear!你老是对我的穿着找岔！ 格言： Every man has his faults. 是人都会有缺点。金无赤足，人无完人。
5. false [ fC:ls ] adj. 错误的, 虚伪的, 假的 Only then did I realize he was a false friend. 到了那时我才意识到他是个虚伪的朋友。
另类阅读：
He failed in the exam and fell behind others. The failure is out of his own fault, which is not false at all.