fault的中文翻译是什么意思

fault

US/fɔːlt/
UK/fɔːlt/

n. 责任; 错误; 缺点; (地壳)断层; 发球失误

v. 发现错误

fault柯林斯释义

N-SING责任;过失;过错

If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it.

  • 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。

N-COUNT错误;失误

A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.

  • 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。

N-COUNT缺点;毛病

A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.

  • 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

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.

  • You can't fault them for lack of invention...

    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.

    他经营自己公司的方式无可指摘。

N-COUNT(地壳的)断层

A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.

  • ...the San Andreas Fault.

    圣安德烈亚斯断层

N-COUNT(网球的)发球失误

A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.

    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.

    • 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。

    PHRASE挑剔;找茬儿;指责

    If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.

    • 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。

    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.

    • 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。

    fault英文释义

    Noun

    1. responsibility for a bad situation or event;

    • it was John's fault

    2. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

    • they built it right over a geological fault

    3. the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection;

    • they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
    • he knew his own faults much better than she did

    4. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;

    • he made a bad mistake
    • she was quick to point out my errors
    • I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults

    5. an imperfection in a device or machine;

    • if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer

    6. (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area);

    • he served too many double faults

    7. (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.);

    • it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it

    Verb

    1. put or pin the blame on

      fault同义词辨析

      error, fault, blunder, flaw, mistake, shortcoming, defect, slip

      这些名词均有"错误"或"缺点"之意。

      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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。
      • 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短语

      1. —— to a fault

        (过分表现出某好品质的人)过分,过度

      2. at fault

        该受责备的;有罪的

        混乱的,迷惑的

      3. find fault

        挑错,找错:寻找、发现和抱怨错处;批评

      4. to a fault

        过度地

      fault场景例句

      That was my fault.

      那是我的过错.

      I support him against those who are finding fault with him.

      我支持他反对那些专挑他毛病的人.

      Some people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.

      有的人因不准时而受到指责,这时他们唯一的过失就是把时间抠得太紧了.

      It was doubtless his own fault.

      这无疑是他自己的错.

      Soon she began to find fault with me.

      不久她便开始找我的岔子了.

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      fault词性变形

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      fault反义词

      n. 缺点;错误

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      其他释义

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