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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2076 COCA: 2849
fault
fɔːlt fɔlt
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense faults, present participle faulting, past tense , past participle faulted
1 N-SING [with poss] 责任;过失;过错 If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. 责任;过失;过错
  • There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault.

    这全是他的错,这是无法回避的事实。

  • A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through no fault of their own.

    一些借款人会发现,他们还款遇到了麻烦,但根本不是由于自身的过失造成的。

2 N-COUNT 错误;失误 A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done. 错误;失误
  • It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.

    以为在商学院能学会如何管理人是一大错误。

3 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] 缺点;毛病 A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect. 缺点;毛病
  • His manners had always made her blind to his faults.

    他的彬彬有礼总是使她对他的缺点视而不见。

  • ...a short delay due to a minor technical fault.

    一个技术上的小故障引起的短暂延误

  • Pilots were trying to repair a fault in the plane when it crashed.

    飞行员正在试图排除飞机故障的时候,飞机坠毁了。

  • For all its faults, the film presents a clear message.

    该片尽管有种种不足,但还是表达了一个清晰的主旨。

4 VERB (无可)挑剔,找茬儿,指责 If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing. (无可)挑剔,找茬儿,指责
  • You can't fault them for lack of invention. [VERB noun + for]

    你不能因为他们缺乏创新就指责他们。

  • It is hard to fault the way he runs his own operation. [VERB noun]

    他经营自己公司的方式无可指摘。

5 N-COUNT (地壳的)断层 A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth. (地壳的)断层
  • ...the San Andreas Fault.

    圣安德烈亚斯断层

6 N-COUNT (网球的)发球失误 A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules. (网球的)发球失误
7 PHRASE 有过错;有责任 If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong. 有过错;有责任
  • He could never accept that he had been at fault.

    他怎么也无法承认是他的错。

  • There are no indications that standard security arrangements were at fault.

    没有迹象表明例行的保安措施存在问题。

8 PHRASE 挑剔;找茬儿;指责 If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them. 挑剔;找茬儿;指责
  • I was disappointed whenever the cook found fault with my work.

    每当厨师挑剔我干的活儿时,我都非常沮丧。

9 PHRASE (好得)过分,过头 If you say that someone has a particular good quality to a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary. (好得)过分,过头 [emphasis]
  • Jefferson was generous to a fault.

    杰斐逊大方得过了头。

  • Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm.

    别人会告诉你她有趣、聪明又热情,谦逊得过了头。

SYN excessively, overly [US] , unduly, ridiculously
Quotations
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves
William Shakespeare Julius Caesar
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurusfault Also look up:
N.

wrongdoing 1

blunder, defect, error, flaw, mistake 2

imperfection, weakness 3

Word PartnershipUse fault with:
PREP.

at fault 7

to a fault 9

VERB.

find fault 8

ADJ.

generous to a fault 9

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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2076 COCA: 2849
fault

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1responsibility for sth wrong過失ADJECTIVE | FAULT + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEstupid愚蠢的錯誤It's his own stupid fault his car was stolen-he should have kept it locked.他的汽車被偷完全是他自己犯下的愚蠢錯誤 - 他應該把車鎖上。entire完全的錯誤It was my entire fault. I ruined everything.這完全是我的錯誤。我把一切都搞砸了。FAULT + VERBlie with sb錯誤在於某人The fault lay not with her but with her manager.這不是她的錯,出錯的是她的經理。PREPOSITIONat fault有過錯The party at fault in a court case usually pays the other party's legal costs.在訴訟案件中,有過錯的一方通常要為另一方支付訴訟費。through sb's fault由於某人的過錯Many of the soldiers died through his fault.因為他的過錯,許多戰士丟了性命。without fault沒有過錯Having made an error of judgement she was not without fault in the matter.由於判斷失誤,她在這件事上難辭其咎。PHRASESbe all sb's fault, be entirely sb's fault完全是某人的錯It's all your own fault, you know.你明白嗎,這全是你自己的錯。be largely sb's fault, be partly sb's fault大部份/部份是某人的錯fault on sb's part (law法律) 某人的過錯the absence of fault on the part of the prosecution起訴方無罪through no fault of your own並非由於自己的過錯people who, through no fault of their own, have lost their homes那些並非因自己的過錯而失去了家的人們
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2weakness in sb's character性格上的弱點ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAULT | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEbig, great大缺點;重大缺點Her great fault was that she thought too much of herself.她的一大缺點是過於自私。My biggest fault was my laziness.我最大的缺點是懶惰。moral道德過失personal個人過失VERB + FAULThave有缺點We all have our faults.人人都有缺點。be blind to, overlook對缺點視而不見;寬恕缺點He is blind to his son's faults.他對兒子的缺點視而不見。She was prepared to overlook his faults.她不準備計較他的缺點。point out指出缺點No one had ever pointed out my faults to my face before.以前從未有人當面指出我的缺點。accept, acknowledge, admit, admit to, realize, see承認缺點;意識到缺點;看到缺點At least he admits to his faults.至少他承認自己有缺點。I have to accept and realize my faults.我不得不承認並接受我的缺點。PREPOSITIONfault in⋯的缺點Incorrectness in speech was considered a great fault in a gentleman.對一位紳士而言,言辭不得體被認為是一大缺點。PHRASESfor all sb's faults儘管某人有缺點For all her faults (= in spite of her faults) she was a great woman.儘管她有缺點,她仍是一位偉大的女性。to a fault過分He is generous to a fault (= perhaps too generous).他慷慨過了頭。
fault

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3sth wrong or not perfect with sth缺陷ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAULT | FAULT + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEmajor, minor重大缺陷;小瑕疵dangerous, serious危險的/嚴重的缺陷common共同缺陷a common fault with this type of machine這類機器都有的缺陷glaring, obvious醒目的/明顯的缺陷These are just a few of the glaring faults that ruined the movie for me.對我來說,這些僅僅是將這部電影搞砸的幾個明顯缺陷。real真正的缺陷The only real fault of the book is its looseness of structure.這本書唯一真正的缺陷是結構鬆散。possible可能的缺陷design, electrical, mechanical, structural, technical (all especially BrE) 設計漏洞;電力故障;機械故障;結構缺陷;技術缺陷Of course, minor mechanical faults sometimes occur.當然,有時會出現小的機械故障。VERB + FAULThave有缺陷The engine has a serious fault.發動機有嚴重的缺陷。develop出現故障The car soon developed another fault.不久汽車出現了另一故障。look for排查故障detect, diagnose, discover, find, identify, locate查出/排查/發現/找到/確認/找出故障They've found a major fault with the electrical system.他們已經發現一處重大的電力系統問題。When she tested the recorder she could find no fault with it.她測試錄音機時並沒有發現什麼毛病。find, pick (BrE) 找毛病;挑毛病My mother did nothing but find fault with my manners.母親只是一味說我沒有禮貌。He's deliberately picking fault with the meal to get a reduction on the bill.為了少付賬,他故意在飯菜上找碴兒。correct, fix, rectify, repair糾錯;修理故障;改正錯誤We're trying to correct the faults in the program.我們正設法修正程序中的毛病。report (especially BrE) 反映問題You should report any fault directly to the phone company.出現任何毛病,都應該直接向電話公司反映。FAULT + VERBoccur錯誤出現lie in sth錯誤在於⋯The fault lay in the structure of the economy.錯誤在於經濟結構。PREPOSITIONfault in⋯方面的毛病Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由體內胰島素分泌失調引起的。fault with⋯的毛病She was always finding fault with his manners.她總是挑他禮儀方面的問題。PHRASESfor all its faults儘管有缺陷For all its faults (= in spite of the faults), we love this city.儘管有種種不足,我們仍熱愛這座城市。
fault

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4in tennis網球ADJECTIVE | VERB + FAULT ADJECTIVEdouble雙發失誤foot腳步犯規VERB + FAULTserve發球失誤Even tennis champions sometimes serve double faults.即使是網球冠軍有時也會雙發失誤。
fault

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5geology地質ADJECTIVE | FAULT + NOUN ADJECTIVEearthquake, geological地震/地質斷層FAULT + NOUNline斷層線scarp斷層崖system, zone斷層繫;斷層帶
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2076 COCA: 2849
fault noun
fault (It was your fault.) crack (a fault line) defect (a technical fault) weakness2 (in spite of his faults) at fault guilty adj.
fault

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fault ♦︎ responsibility ♦︎ blame ♦︎ guiltThese are all words for the fact of being responsible for sth wrong or bad that has happened. 这些词均表示责任、过错、过失。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配the responsibility / blame / guilt for sth(not) without fault / responsibility / blame / guiltto admit your fault / responsibility / your guiltto bear the responsibility / blame / guilt for sthto accept / share / absolve sb from / shift the responsibility / blame / guiltto take / shoulder / carry / lay / place / put / attribute the responsibility / blameto deny responsibility / your guiltthe fault / responsibility / blame / guilt lies with sbthe fault / responsibility / blame rests with sb fault [uncountable] (especially spoken) the fact of being responsible for sth wrong or bad that has happened 责任;过错;过失Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault?不是我的错为什么要我道歉?It's nobody's fault.谁都没有错。It was his fault that we were late.我们迟到要怪他。It's your own fault for being careless.你粗心大意是你自己的过失。Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own.很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。I think the owners are at fault (= responsible) for not warning us.我认为业主没有提醒我们是有责任的。 see also at fault guilty responsibility [uncountable] (rather formal) the fact of being responsible for sth wrong or bad that has happened 责任;过错;过失The bank refuses to accept responsibility for the mistake.银行拒绝为这一错误承担责任。Nobody has claimed responsibility for the bombing.无人声称对爆炸事件负责。We must all bear some responsibility for what happened.对所发生的事我们都得负一定的责任。 see also responsible guilty NOTE 辨析 Fault or responsibility?These words have the same basic meaning but the patterns and collocations are different. Fault is usually used in the phrases my/your/his/her/our/their/sb's (own) fault or sb is at fault. 这两个词基本意思相同,但用法和搭配不同。fault通常用在短语my/your/his/her/our/their/sb's (own) fault或sb is at fault中It was his responsibility that we were late. I think the owners are at responsibility. People typically accept/share/admit/claim/deny responsibility for sth. * responsibility的用法通常为accept/share/admit/claim/deny responsibility for sthThe bank refuses to accept fault for the mistake. The bank refuses to accept that it is at fault for the mistake.银行拒绝为这一错误承担责任。He refused to accept that the mistake was his fault.他拒绝承认这一错误的责任在他。 blame [uncountable] responsibility for sth wrong or bad that has happened; saying that sb is responsible for sth, even if they are not 责任;过错;指责She put the blame on me.她归罪于我。The government will have to take the blame for the riots.政府将不得不对骚乱承担责任。Why do I always get the blame for everything that goes wrong?为什么出了事总让我背黑锅?A person often gets/takes/accepts/bears/shoulders the blame for sth, even if they are not really the person who did it. Somebody can lay/pin/place/put the blame on sb for sth by saying that they did it, even if they did not. * get/take/accept/bear/shoulder the blame for sth指某人为某事承担责任或承受指责,即使某事并非其所为。lay/pin/place/put the blame on sb for sth指把某事归咎于某人,即使某事并非其所为。 OPP credit praise noun see also blame blame verb , to blame guilty , blameless innocent guilt [uncountable] (rather formal, especially written) the fact that sb has done sth illegal; blame or responsibility for sth wrong or bad that has happened 犯罪;罪责;责任;罪过His guilt was proved beyond all doubt by the prosecution.他的罪行已被控方证实确凿无疑。Do you think this statement amounts to an admission of guilt?你认为这份声明是否等于承认犯错?People typically admit their own guilt, or establish or prove sb else's guilt. * admit与guilt搭配指承认自己有罪,establish或prove与guilt搭配指证实别人有罪。 OPP innocence innocent see also guilty guilty
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 2076 COCA: 2849
fault
Responsibilities and responsibility: accountability, responsibility, obligation...
Faults: fault, defect, weakness...
Problems with machines: bit rot, breakdown, bug...
Tennis: ace, advantage, bagel...

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