fault
基本释义
- n.错误;责任,过错;缺点,故障;断层;发球失误
- v.挑剔,指责;发球失误;产生断层;<古>犯错误,做错事
词语例句
错误cn.
六级四级It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.
认为你能在商学院学会如何管理人是一大错误。
This basic fault can produce a misleading sense of national economic health.
这一基本错误会产生一种对国民经济健康的误解。
While you may forgive your smartphone an occasional fault, you probably have less patience for error messages from your door lock.
虽然你可能会原谅你的智能手机偶尔的错误,但你可能对门锁发出的错误信息没有那么大的耐心。
责任,过错cn. (常sing.)
六级四级There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault.
无法逃避这一事实:这都是他的错。
So the snacking, over-drinking and overeating that makes people fat is not really their own fault: obesity is in large part something that is being done to them.
因此,吃零食、酗酒和暴饮暴食导致人们发胖,并不是他们自己的错:肥胖在很大程度上是他人造成的。
It's my fault that she's dead.
她的死是我造成的。
缺点,故障cn.
六级四级His manners had always made her blind to his faults.
他的彬彬有礼总使她看不见他的缺点。
However, man overcame these faults by learning to track his targets at a close range.
然而,人类通过学习近距离追踪目标,克服了这些缺点。
Most success studies suffer from two faults.
大多数成功的研究都存在两个缺陷。
断层cn.
六级Earthquakes occur frequently along the fault.
断层一带地震频发。
The last time a major earthquake occurred along the Cascadia fault was in 1700, so officials worry that another event could occur any time.
上一次沿着卡斯卡迪亚断层发生的大地震是在1700年,所以官员们担心另一场大地震随时可能发生。
- Now look here, it wasn't my fault.喂,那不是我的错!来自《牛津词典》
- That wasn't his fault, it was mine.那不是他的错,是我的错。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- His worst fault was his inconsistency.他的最大缺点就是反复无常。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
相关短语
- fault diagnosis故障诊断
- fault tree故障树;失效树
- fault zone断裂带;断层带,断层区
- fault detection故障检测;探伤
- fault block断块;故障闭塞;断裂地块
- in fault有过错
- find fault挑剔;指手画脚;找岔
- active fault活断层;活动断裂;活性断层
- San Andreas Fault圣安德烈亚斯断层;圣安地列斯断层;圣安德列斯断层
- thrust fault逆断层;逆冲断层;冲断层;逆掩断层
- fault zone断层带;断层区
词语扩展
- mistake/shortcoming/error/fault
- mistake指判断或理解方面,或指因考虑不周而造成的错误,搭配是make a mistake。
- shortcoming缺点,可指人或事物的本质上不足之处(常用复数)。如:In spite of his shortcomings, I still like him.(尽管他缺点多,我仍然喜欢他。)
- error是通用词,指任何错误,“犯错误”可以说commit /make an error。
- fault表示“过失”,可与error通用,现多用来指缺点,特指缺乏某要素因而不完美。如:There is a fault in this machine.(这台机器有一处毛病。)构成短语 find fault with挑剔,找毛病。
- mistake/flaw/shortcoming/error/defect/slip/fault/blunder
词义分布
英英释义
- n.responsibility for a bad situation or event
- n.(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- n.the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- n.a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- n.an imperfection in a device or machine
- n.(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
- n.if something bad is your fault, you made it happen
过失;过错- The accident was my fault.这场事故是我的过错。
- n.a weakness in someone or something
弱点;缺点- Gavin's worst fault is his temper.加文最大的缺点就是他的脾气。
词源
- fault缺陷,过错来自拉丁语falsus, 欺骗,伪装,词源同fail, false. 引申词义(隐瞒)缺陷,(隐瞒)过错,缺陷,过错。
- fault过失,过错;缺点,毛病来源于拉丁语动词fallere。 同源词:fail, fallacy, fallible, false, failure