Will the three gorges project prove to be a monumental achievement or nothing more than a giant fiasco 三峡工程将成为极大的成功或只是彻底的失败？
Katz wrote that the . schools were a thorough failure , which resulted from its internal system drawbacks 卡茨指出，学校教育是一种彻底的失败，这是由其内部机制的缺陷所致。
Despite all the media focus on the child stars who went bad , not all of them were complete failures 尽管所有媒体的关注点都落在了变质童星的身上，但他们并非全部都归于彻底的失败。
We were utterly defeated , and were forced back to the wall , where many died pinned against the only thing that could save them 我们彻底的失败了，我们不得不向守望之壁撤退，那是我们唯一的希望了。
Success , which encourages repetition of old behavior , is not nearly as good a teacher as failure . even a failure that seems total can prompt fresh thinking , a change of direction 成功鼓励人们重复过去的行为，因而远不及失败好。即使一次看似彻底的失败也能激发新的思路，引起方向的改变。
Suddenly he was discouraged . in that moment he suddenly saw himself as a complete failure for he had pushed the rock for years and he had accomplished nothing . the rock had never moved 他顿时感到很沮丧，他认为自己是彻底的失败，因为他推大石推了好几年，却一无所成，那大石从未移动过。
