Such people are so afraid of being labeled a failure at anything that they constantly develop one handicap or another in order to explain away failure.

这些人在任何事情上都非常害怕被标记为失败者，以至于为了给自己的失败开脱而不断制造出这样或那样的障碍。

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Everyone wrestles with self-doubt and feels like a failure at times.

人人都会有与不自信作斗争、感觉自己是个失败者的时候。

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Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, renowned or developing the first hybrid rice strain, died of organ failure at 91 on May 22nd, 2021.

中国著名的杂交水稻科学家袁隆平于2021年5月22日因器官衰竭去世，享年91岁。

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"The American taxpayers provided billions of dollars,and ultimately, the auto dealers are on the frontlines with the harsh consequences of the failure at the top,".

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Now it's different in important ways because it's really focused at preventing the collapse of the economy that is created by a financial system failure.

现在，这个不同有很重要的意义,因为它真正专注于,阻止被金融系统的失败而引发的,经济的崩溃。

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So claims that--about the failure of conservation in children at different ages could be easily tested and systematically tested, and in fact, there's a lot of support for them.

关于不同年龄阶段的儿童,缺乏守恒概念的论断,能够很轻易的得到系统的检验,事实上,有相当多的证据支持这些论断

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Shortfalls in aid will consign the MDG project to failure at enormous human cost.

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There were also problems on the London Underground's Jubilee Line because of signal failure at Neasden.

BBC: Signal failure delays commuters travelling west of London

The Heathrow Express cancelled its services due to a signal failure at Hayes and Harlington.

BBC: Paddington rail service returns to normal