| 单词 | unsuccessful |
| 释义 | unsuccessful (ʌnsəksesfʊl ) 1. adjective B2 Something that is unsuccessful does not achieve what it was intended to achieve. His efforts were unsuccessful. ...a second unsuccessful operation on his knee. There were reports last month of unsuccessful negotiations between guerrillas and commanders. Synonyms: failed, useless, ineffective, vain unsuccessfully adverb [ADVERB with verb] He has been trying unsuccessfully to sell the business in one piece since early last year. 2. adjective B2 Someone who is unsuccessful does not achieve what they intended to achieve, especially in their career. Successful people don't spend much more time working than many unsuccessful people do. He and his friend Boris were unsuccessful in getting a job. [+ in] Collocations: unsuccessful applicants Unsuccessful applicants who feel that their age was the only barrier to securing the job will also be able to seek redress through the courts. Times, Sunday Times She recently offered feedback to unsuccessful applicants for apprenticeships. Times, Sunday Times The failure to tackle the problem has left thousands of unsuccessful applicants living here on handouts. The Sun Unsuccessful applicants will get their payments back - retain postal order counterfoils as you will need these to cash the postal orders, if so. The Sun Around the same time, unsuccessful applicants will get an email explaining the second round and how to reapply. The Sun The couple with the right answer won $100, or $150 in the event of an unsuccessful challenge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Before losing the right to challenge, managers are allowed only one unsuccessful challenge in the first six innings of a game, as well as one unsuccessful challenge in extra innings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For those tournaments without tie-breaks, at six games-all players/ teams will start again, with a maximum of three unsuccessful challenges every 12 games thereafter. Times, Sunday Times As in the trial period earlier this year, teams will be permitted two unsuccessful challenges per innings. Times, Sunday Times Only the green was an unsuccessful experiment. Times, Sunday Times There are also some peculiarities in numbers beginning with a 7 because of an unsuccessful experiment applied between 1969 and 1972. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was an unsuccessful experiment and was abandoned during the match. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was an unsuccessful experiment and sold so few that it has now become collectable as a rarity! Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I think because of some unsuccessful experiments, the band wasn't too solid and the identity wasn't discovered yet. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the unsuccessful search was called off at dusk. The Sun My whole life has been a search for faith--an unsuccessful search. Christianity Today String tone was clenched and constricted by what seemed to be an over-strenuous and ultimately unsuccessful search for idiomatic authenticity. Times, Sunday Times He descended into the well in a bucket in an unsuccessful search for treasure. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The expedition was made up of three other vessels in an unsuccessful search for commercial whales. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 不成功的 Japanese: 不成功に終わった |
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