chronic failure

/ˈkrɑːnɪk ˈfeɪljər/· noun phrase

政治/外交/军事B2

chronic failure
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Chinese meaning

长cháng期qī失shī职zhí,屡lǚ次cì不bù作zuò为wéi

长cháng期qī反fǎn复fù出chū现xiàn的de失shī败bài

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农nóng业yè部bù长cháng期qī未wèi能néng执zhí行xíng动dòng物wù福fú利lì法fǎ

Example

Congress must pass Goldie's Act to address the USDA's chronic failure to enforce the Animal Welfare Act

国guó会huì必bì须xū通tōng过guò《Goldie法fǎ案àn》,以yǐ解jiě决jué农nóng业yè部bù长cháng期qī未wèi能néng执zhí行xíng《动dòng物wù福fú利lì法fǎ》的de问wèn题tí。

Source: The Hill · 19 Sep 2026

Background ✎

《动dòng物wù福fú利lì法fǎ》施shī行xíng60年nián,狗gǒu狗gǒu仍réng在zài遭zāo受shòu系xì统tǒng性xìng虐nüè待dài。ASPCA高gāo级jí副fù总zǒng裁cái南nán希xī·佩pèi里lǐ呼hū吁yù国guó会huì通tōng过guò《Goldie法fǎ案àn》,追zhuī究jiū农nóng业yè部bù长cháng期qī未wèi能néng执zhí行xíng这zhè部bù法fǎ律lǜ的de责zé任rèn。

Roots · etymology

chronic源自希腊khronos(时间);failure源自拉丁fallere(使落空)

  • chronic(长期的,源自希腊chronos时间)+ failure(fail失败+ -ure名词后缀)

Collocations

  • chronic failure to / address a chronic failure / systemic failure

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