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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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