All three plays were noted for their use of sharp language and making fun of human failings.

VOA: special.2010.08.08

He was also a major figure in the Legal Realism school that recognized human failings and human behavior and the establishment of laws.

他同时也是法律现实主义学派的代表人物,该学派承认人性弱点和人们的行为,以及制定法律的重要性

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Our previous lecture was about behavioral finance and it was about human failings.

上节课讲的是行为金融学,它与人性弱点有关

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

He said they are aware of the failings of the current health care system, where most people rely on private health insurance to help cover their medical bills.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

But,there was a big problem, that for all of his failings,human failings, and there were indeed many, and his intellectual limitations which were daunting, he was a man of faith and loyalty to his principles, for better or for worse,in this context.

但是他的弱点,人性的弱点,是个大问题,而且他的弱点确实很多,还有他的智力界限也令人沮丧,他是个固执于自己原则的人,不管原则是好是坏

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

All of the men say they never intended to bring down any planes, but rather they wanted to unleash a series of harmless stunt explosions on famous landmarks here to in their words, "expose the failings of Western foreign policy."

VOA: standard.2009.09.07