unsuccessful in (doing) something• The argument, I shall maintain, is unsuccessful in all its versions.• However, she was unsuccessful in an important competitiverelationship, the annualpersonnelevaluation in her division.• As for the rapists, I bet they are unsuccessful inattractingfemales, and so resort to desperatemeans.• Phil Gramm, R-Texas, who was unsuccessful in his own bid for the presidentialnomination early this year.• For all his experience, he was ill at ease in the chair, and unsuccessful in holding a fissiparous membership together.• The Society was substantially unsuccessful in its aim of persuading other charities to adopt the same methods.• You will be told if you are unsuccessful in your application and you will have the right to have your application reviewed.
unsuccessful ♦︎ failed ♦︎ losingThese words all describe actions or people that are not successful.这些词均表示不成功的、失败的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆an unsuccessful / a failed / a losing bid◆an unsuccessful / a failed attempt / experiment / policy / venture / coup / candidate / company◆the unsuccessful / losing team◆an unsuccessful / a losing battle against sth■unsuccessful(of an action or person) not successful; not achieving what you wanted to(行动或人)不成功的;失败的;落空的◆Unsuccessful applicants will be informed by post.落选的申请者将获信函通知。◆We have been unsuccessful in finding a replacement for her.我们未能找到替代她的人。◆The secret service had been remarkably unsuccessful at catching spies.特工部门在抓捕间谍方面极为失败。OPPsuccessful ⇨ successful1▸unsuccessfully
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◆Burglars tried unsuccessfully to steal the safe.入室盗贼想偷保险箱,结果未能得逞。■failed [only before noun](of an action, person or relationship) not successful, especially after trying to achieve sth; (of a business) forced to close because it did not make a profit(行动、人或关系在经过努力后)失败的,不成功的;(企业)倒闭的◆The rebel leader fled the country after the failed uprising.叛乱分子的头目在暴动失败后逃离了那个国家。◆He still considered himself something of a failed journalist.他仍然认为自己是个不怎么成功的记者。◆She already had two failed marriages behind her.她已经有过两次失败的婚姻。◆I paid off the debts left by our failed business.我还清了我们生意失败所欠下的债务。OPPsuccessful ⇨ successful1■losing [only before noun](usually of a person, team or side) that did not win a game, contest or battle(通常指人、运动队或一方)失败的,输的◆They had backed the losing side in the civil war.他们在内战中支持了后来战败的一方。◆Last year she was a losing semi-finalist.她去年输掉了半决赛。◆The police were fighting a losing battle against the rising tide of crime.在应对日益猖獗的犯罪方面,警方的战绩乏善可陈。OPPwinning ⇨ successful1