failure
n.
1640s, failer, "a failing, deficiency," also "act of failing," from Anglo-French failer, Old French falir "be lacking; not succeed" (see fail, v.). The verb in Anglo-French used as a noun; ending altered 17c. in English to conform with words in -ure. Meaning "thing or person considered as a failure" is from 1837.
〔李〕[fail v. 失败；-ure →] n. the fact of failing；the act or fact of not doing失败；不履行，没做到