The plan was doomed to failure.

这个计划注定要失败。

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Given the failure of the previous plan, this turned out to be a relative success.

由于前面那个计划失败了，这个计划算是比较成功的。

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The success or failure of the plan depends on you.

这项计划的成败取决于你。

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"The failure to devise a clear, Mr.Secretary,and credible plan for employing TARP, has also resulted in a massive waste, some people believe,of taxpayer dollars,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Republicans also link potential costs with what they say is the failure so far of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act the $787 billion stimulus plan approved by Congress to speed up economic recovery, an assertion the president and Democrats reject.

VOA: standard.2009.07.21

You need to plan for failure.

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"This essentially is an acknowledgment that their original plan is a failure, " Raz says.

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It seems the elements I observe that contribute more frequently than not to a stalled job search or poor results are associated with three elements: lack of commitment, failure to plan and unwillingness to change.

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