failure

/ˈfeɪljər/

意味: 失敗

例文: ALX calls failure “unexpected success redirection.”
　　  ALXは失敗を「予期せぬ成功の方向転換」と呼ぶ。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: complete failure(完全な失敗), business failure(事業の失敗), system failure(システムの故障)

定義: 何かがうまくいかないことや、期待通りに動かないことを指します。失敗は、目標を達成できなかったり、計画がうまくいかなかったときに使われます。失敗は学びの機会ともされ、次に成功するためのステップと考えられることもあります。

failureは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: an act that fails
Noun: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
Noun: lack of success
Noun: a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
Noun: an unexpected omission
Noun: inability to discharge all your debts as they come due
Noun: loss of ability to function normally

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Failure teaches us important lessons.(失敗は重要な教訓を教えてくれる。)
She feared failure but kept trying.(彼女は失敗を恐れたが、挑戦し続けた。)
Failure is not the end of success.(失敗は成功の終わりではない。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: his failure to pass the test
Noun: the surprise party was a complete failure
Noun: he felt that his entire life had been a failure
Noun: that year there was a crop failure
Noun: he resented my failure to return his call
Noun: the mechanic’s failure to check the brakes
Noun: the company had to declare bankruptcy
Noun: fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks
Noun: kidney failure

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): bankruptcy, failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person

Antonyms(反意語): achiever, success

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): disorder, fortune, happening, insolvency, nonaccomplishment, omission, unfortunate

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abandoned person, abocclusion, abruptio placentae, accident, accompaniment, achlorhydria, acholia, achylia, acute brain disorder, ailment, amputee, appearance, avalanche, bankruptcy, beginning, bladder disorder, boom, cardiovascular disease, case, celiac disease, change, cheilosis, choker, choking, collapse, colpoxerosis, contact, convergence, crash, degenerative disorder, desperate, destiny, disappearance, discharge, dysaphia, dysosmia, dysphagia, dysuria, eating disorder, ending, episode, error, eventuality, experience, failure, fantods, finish, fire, flash, functional disorder, glandular disease, good fortune, hematocolpometra, hematocolpos, homeless, hydrocele, hyperactivity, idiopathic disease, immunological disorder, impaction, incident, interruption, job, jonah, juncture, languisher, learning disorder, malocclusion, maroon, mental disorder, metabolic disorder, miracle, misfortune, mistake, mourner, movement, negligence, nervous disorder, news event, nympholept, one-off, organic disorder, outbreak, outburst, outcast, periodic event, poor person, prisoner, providence, reverse, schlimazel, sick person, sleep disorder, sound, speech disorder, sprue, strangulation, success, supervention, survivor, thing, treat, trouble, union, victim, weeper, wonder

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): backsliding, bank failure, bankrupt, bankruptcy, breach, breakdown, copout, crop failure, dead duck, default, defeat, disappointment, downfall, error, failing, flame-out, flash in the pan, flop, heart failure, loss, malformation, malfunction, miscarriage, miss, naught, nonconformity, out, renal failure, underdog

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: bankrupt, fail, lose

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: informal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: disgust, fear, negative, sadness