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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

Pronounced /'diːfɔːlt/ for meaning 2. 义项 2 读作 /'diːfɔːlt/。
1. VERB 不履行;未支付 If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it. 

  • The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans...

    信用卡业务出现了下滑，而且越来越多的借款者都不按期还款。

  • The first warning signals came in March when the company defaulted on its initial payment of £30 million.

    第一次出现警示信号是在3月份，当时该公司未能按时交纳3,000万英镑的首期付款。

  • Default is also a noun.

    • The corporation may be charged with default on its contract with the government...

      该公司可能会因未履行与政府签订的合同而受到控告。

    • The creditors haven't declared them in default.

      债权人尚未宣布他们拖欠债款。

2. ADJ 默认的 A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it. 

  • ...default passwords installed on commercial machines...

    商用机器上设置的默认口令

  • Death, not life, is the default state of cells.

    细胞的常态是死亡而不是存活。

3. N-UNCOUNT 默认值;缺省指令 In computing, the default is a particular set of instructions which the computer always uses unless the person using the computer gives other instructions. 

  • The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose.

    默认选项通常是大多数用户都会选择的设置。

  • ...default settings.

    默认设置

4. PHRASE (事情的发生)自动地(因可能阻止或改变结果之事未发生) If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened. 

  • Spassky won the first game, and was awarded by the second by default, when Fischer failed to put in an appearance...

    斯帕斯基赢了第一局，又因菲舍尔第二局未能上场而再胜一局。

  • I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.

    我宁愿把这些钱付给个人，也不愿它们因未作任何处置而自动地归国家所有。

5. PREP-PHRASE 因…未发生;因…不可能 If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible. 

  • Malvolio becomes, in default of competition, the play's moral centre.

    因为没有与其竞争者，马伏里奥自然成了该剧的道德核心。