有些人说今天的大学英语教育是彻底失败的。
Some people say that today's college English teaching is a total failure.
因而称日本的产业政策是彻底失败的，未免也太简单草率了点。
To call Japan's industrial policy an outright failure would be simplistic.
我们对你的发明进行了严格的试验，但是我非常遗憾地通知你，试验结果是彻底失败的。
We put your invention through the acid test, and, I'm extremely sorry to tell you, failed miserably.
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