| 单词 | nonachievement |
| 释义 | nonachievement (once / 3939771 pages) n WORD FAMILY achievement: achievements, nonachievement+/achievable: achievability, unachievable/achieve: achievable, achieved, achievement, achiever, achieves, achieving, overachieve, underachieve/achiever: achievers, nonachiever/nonachiever: nonachievers/overachieve: overachieved, overachievement, overachiever, overachieves, overachieving/overachiever: overachievers/unachievable: unachievably/underachieve: underachievement, underachiever, underachieves, underachieving/underachiever: underachievers USAGE EXAMPLESOur current era of nonachievement, of course, isn’t limited to our inability to build and repair physical things. New York Times(Jul 23, 2010) n an act that does not achieve its intended goal Syn|Hypo|Hyper nonaccomplishment failure an act that fails error, fault, mistakea wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformancefailure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances failing, flunkfailure to reach a minimum required performance naughtcomplete failure lossthe act of losing someone or something backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, revertinga failure to maintain a higher state error, misplay(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed blot, smear, smirch, spot, stainan act that brings discredit to the person who does it confusion, mix-upa mistake that results from taking one thing to be another incursionthe mistake of incurring liability or blame miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoninga mistake in calculating distortionthe mistake of misrepresenting the facts miscue, parapraxis, slip, slip-upa minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. offside(sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) lapse, oversighta mistake resulting from inattention omission, skipa mistake resulting from neglect bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfallan embarrassing mistake balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-upsomething badly botched or muddled out(baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball derelictionwillful negligence comparative negligence(law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff concurrent negligence(law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately contributory negligence(law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence criminal negligence, culpable negligence(law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) neglect of duty(law) breach of a duty dodging, escape, evasionnonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do nonconformance, nonconformityfailure to conform to accepted standards of behavior betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupiditya stupid mistake renege, revokethe mistake of not following suit when able to do so default, nonpayment, nonremittalact of failing to meet a financial obligation act, deed, human action, human activity something that people do or cause to happen |
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