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fault

/fɔːlt/ /fɔːlt/
  • 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
复数faults
第三人称单数faults
现在分词faulting
过去式faulted
过去分词faulted
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词语例句

  1. 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。

  2. 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。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  1. Now look here, it wasn't my fault.
    喂,那不是我的错!
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. 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》
  3. 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

  • 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

n.
故障;[地质]断层;错误;缺点;毛病;(网球等)发球失误
vi.
弄错;产生断层
vt.
(通常用于疑问句或否定句)挑剔
adj.
faulty有错误的;有缺点的
faultless完美的;无缺点的
faultfinding喜欢挑剔的
adv.
faultlessly无缺点地,完美地
n.
faulting[地质] 断层作用;断层错动;故障
faultfinder挑剔;吹毛求疵的人
faultfinding挑剔;吹毛求疵的行为
faultiness不完善,可指责;有过失
  • 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
    • mistake最普通用词,泛指思想上、行为上或认识上的判断或理解方面的错误。
    • flaw指结构或组织上的缺点,如破裂之处。用作比喻意义时,指品格上的缺陷。
    • shortcoming指没有达到所要求的标准、没有充分发展或没尽到职责的不足、缺点或短处。多用复数形式。
    • error指思想或行动背离正题轨道或没有得到正确指引而出现的偏差或错误。
    • defect普通用词。指表面上的缺陷,或指人或物本质上的缺点。
    • slip指因疏忽或无意而造成的差错。
    • fault一般指小并且可宽容的缺点、错误。
    • blunder通常指由于无知或情况不明造成判断或行动上的大错。

词义分布

故障
51.1%
17.8%
过错
8.8%
断层
8.7%
错误
7.8%
过失
2.6%
缺点
1.6%
失误
0.8%
毛病
0.6%
挑剔
0.3%

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)
  1. 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。
  2. 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