成败论人指世俗评价人物总以其失败和成功为褒贬标准。英evaluate people according to success or failure; appraise sb.according to his achievement;
成败利钝事情的成毁与顺逆。例至于成败利钝非臣之明所能逆睹也。——诸葛亮《后出师表》英successes and failures; advantage and disadvantage;
坐观成败对于他人的成功或失败采取旁观态度。英wait to see what will come of another’s venture; look on coldly; be a mere onlooker;