faults的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-SING責任;過失;過錯

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...

  這全是他的錯，這是無法迴避的事實。

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

  一些借款人會發現，他們還款遇到了麻煩，但根本不是由於自身的過失造成的。

N-COUNT錯誤;失誤

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.

  以為在商學院能學會如何管理人是一大錯誤。

N-COUNT缺點;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.

  他的彬彬有禮總是使她對他的缺點視而不見。

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

  一個技術上的小故障引起的短暫延誤

VERB(無可)挑剔，找茬兒，指責

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...

  你不能因為他們缺乏創新就指責他們。

• It is hard to fault the way he runs his own operation.

  他經營自己公司的方式無可指摘。

N-COUNT(地殼的)斷層

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

• ...the San Andreas Fault.

  聖安德烈亞斯斷層

N-COUNT(網球的)發球失誤

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

PHRASE有過錯;有責任

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...

  他怎麼也無法承認是他的錯。

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

  沒有跡象表明例行的保安措施存在問題。

PHRASE挑剔;找茬兒;指責

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.

  每當廚師挑剔我乾的活兒時，我都非常沮喪。

PHRASE(好得)過分，過頭

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...

  傑斐遜大方得過了頭。

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

  別人會告訴你她有趣、聰明又熱情，謙遜得過了頭。