路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求索 - 范文大全 failure与success的用法辨析 failure(失败) 和 success(成功)是一对反义词,但用法上有不少相似之处和需注意之处: 1.泛指一般意义的“失败”或“成功”,通常是不可数名词; 指具体的失败(成功)的人或事等,或指一次失败或成功等,通常是可数名词。 如: Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 If you fail, make failure a stepping stone to success. 假若你失败,就把它当作通向成功的垫脚石。 Success came after many failures. 多次失败之后,终于获得了成功。 He is a failure (success) in business. 他在生意上很失败(成功)。 It was said that the party was a failure (success). 据说晚会开得不成功(很成功)。 2.表示未能做某事,通常用 one’s failure to do sth; 表示成功地做了某事,通常用 have success in doing sth。 如: 1 路漫漫其修远兮,吾将上下而求索 - 范文大全 His failure to help us was disappointing. 他未能帮助我们真是令人失望。 Did you have any success in persuading her to come? 你说服了她来吗? 表示在某一方面的失败或考试不及格等,可用介词 in。 如: a failure in duty(失职),failure in love(失恋),one’s failure in an exam(考试不及格) 2 本文来源:https://www.wddqw.com/doc/f0b61145ac1ffc4ffe4733687e21af45b307feed.html