- not successful; not achieving what you wanted to不成功的；失败的；落空的
- His efforts to get a job proved unsuccessful.他求职的努力都落空了。🔊🔊
- They were unsuccessful in meeting their objectives for the year.他们未能达到年度目标。🔊🔊
- She made several unsuccessful attempts to see him.她几次想见他都未如愿。🔊🔊
opposite successfulExtra Examples- Unsuccessful applicants will be informed by post.落选的申请者将获信函通知。
- He had been an unsuccessful amateur jockey when he was young.他年轻时一直是一名不成功的业余骑师。
- The secret service had been remarkably unsuccessful at catching spies.特工部门在抓捕间谍方面极为失败。
- We have been unsuccessful in finding a replacement for her.我们未能找到替代她的人。
Topics Difficulty and failureb1Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnsuccessful is used with these nouns: - applicant
- application
- attempt
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