failed
adjective/feɪld/
/feɪld/
[only before noun]- not successful
失败的；不成功的 - a failed writer
不成功的作家 - a failed coup
流产的政变
Extra ExamplesTopics Difficulty and failureb2- 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。 - 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。 - She already had two failed marriages behind her.
她已经有过两次失败的婚姻。 - She ran into financial difficulties after a number of failed ventures.
多次创业失败后，她陷入了经济困难。 - 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。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryFailed is used with these nouns:- attempt
- bid
- coup
- …
- a failed writer