市场缺陷与市场失灵都是经济运行中市场局限性的表现，但二者的含义、产生条件及其与政府的关系却有很大的差别。本文拟对二者的区别与联系作一概述，以期引起学术界同仁的注意。一、语义学的区别失灵，英文为ｆａｉｌｕｒｅ，也称失效、失败，指丧失作用。缺陷，英文为ｆｌａ? Market imperfections and market failures are all manifestations of the limitations of the market in economic operations. However, the meanings of the two, the conditions for their production and their relations with the government are quite different. This article intends to make an overview of the differences and relations between the two, with a view to arousing the attention of academic colleagues. First, the difference between semantic failure, English as failure, also known as failure, failure, means the loss of effect. Flaw, the English fla?