1·You were a total failure if you hadn't married by the time you were about twenty-three.
如果你在二十三岁左右还没结婚，就是一个彻底的失败者。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·The plan was a total failure.
那项计划完全失败了。
3·The work was a total failure.
这项工作完全失败了。
4·My efforts ended in total failure.
我的努力终归全盘失败。
5·As a pop star, he is a total failure.
作为一位流行歌星，他是一位彻底的失败者。
6·However, he is a total failure in people leadership.
但是在领导力上是个十足的失败者。
7·My mission was in many ways a total failure at the time.
在许多方面，当时我的使命是彻底的失败。
8·He is a great success in his career, but a total failure as a father.
他在事业上很出色，但是一个完全不称职的父亲。
9·It's short of strong proof to view modern agriculture as a total failure.
农业完全衰败的观点在边区缺乏强有力的证据。
10·Some people say that today's college English teaching is a total failure.
有些人说今天的大学英语教育是彻底失败的。