Failing a solution this afternoon, the problem will have to wait until Monday.如果到今天下午还没有一个解决办法, 这个问题只好留到下星期一。

Wear evening dress or, failing that, a suit.穿晚礼服, 如果没有, 那就穿西装。

Railtrack was patently a failing company struggling to pay its debts.铁路公司明显是个深陷债务危机且濒临破产的公司。

public discontent about the failing economy公众对经济濒临崩溃的不满

He was unable to work because of his failing health.他因为健康每况愈下而无法工作。

An apparently failing memory is damaging for a national leader.明显的记忆力衰退对一位国家领导人来说极为不利。

The lack of this feature is a major failing of the Rogers unit.罗杰斯团队缺乏这一特色, 这是其一大不足。

The new law's failings could send many companies bankrupt.新法律的缺陷可能会使很多公司破产。

Like many in Russia, she blamed the country's failings on futile attempts to catch up with the West.像俄罗斯很多人一样, 她认为国家的错误就在于徒然地竭力追赶西方。