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[英] [fɔ:lt] [美] [fɔlt] 生词本

n.

vt.

vi.

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1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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

  • Pilots were trying to repair a fault in the plane when it crashed...

    飞行员正在试图排除飞机故障的时候，飞机坠毁了。

4. 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。

5. 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

6. N-COUNT (网球的)发球失误 A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules. 
7. 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。

8. 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。

9. 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。

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

体育

  • 1.失误
  • 2.犯规
  • 3.违例
  • 4.技术不熟练
  • 5.姿势不正确
  • 6.错误站立姿势

公路科技

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  • 1.断层

哲学

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  • 1.断块构造说
  • 2.fault-block tectonics

地质学

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  • 1.断层

水利

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  • 1.断层
  • 2.岩体在构造应力作用下发生破裂，沿破裂面两侧的岩体发生显著的位移或失去连续性和完整性而形成的一种构造形迹。

法律

  • 1.过错
  • 2.罪过

电子学

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  • 1.层错

电工

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  • 1.故障
  • 2.又称 :故障(failure )

石油

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  • 1.断层

航天

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  • 1.故障

航空

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  • 1.故障
  • 2.设备或系统在使用中出现不能符合规定性能或丧失执行预定功能的偶然事故状态。

计算机

  • 1.失效，错误，缺陷，不足
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  • 1.故障
  • 2."又称 :故障(failure,fail) "

通信

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  • 1.故障
  • 2.不能执行所要求功能的一种状态。但故障不包括由于预防性维护、外部资源短缺或预先计划的工作中断。
1. A bad workman finds much fault with his tools.
蹩脚的工匠总是埋怨自己的工具不好。

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2. A fault confessed is half redressed.
承认错误等于改正了一半。

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3. A person,who is imperious and tries to gloss over his fault,is bound to suffer in the end.
专横跋扈、文过饰非的人到头来总是要吃亏的。

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4. A wilful fault has no excuse and deserves no pardon.
不能宽恕故意犯下的错误。

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5. Ann's naivety is at least a fault on the right side.
安的天真行为至少是一种值得称道的缺点。

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6. At this point our logic was at fault.
在这一点上，我们推理的方法是错误的。

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7. But people are often reproached for unpunctuality when their only fault is cutting things fine.
然而人们常常由于不准时而受到指责，这时他们唯一的过错是把时间抠得太紧。

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8. Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.
糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。

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9. Don't pull him up about this; it's not really his fault.
这不是他的过错，别责怪他。

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10. Don't scold him; it is not his fault.
不要骂他，这不是他的错。

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11. Don't scold the child.It's not his fault.
别责怪那孩子，那不是他的过错。

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12. He always finds fault with the choice of words whenever he speaks.
他说话总是爱挑字眼儿。

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13. He has committed a serious fault.
他犯了严重错误。

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14. He is always finding [picking] fault.
他总爱找岔子。

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15. He is chargeable with a fault or neglect.
他可能因过失或疏忽而被控告。

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16. He is liable for the fault of his son.
他应该为他儿子的过失负责。

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17. He is particular to a fault.
他过于苛求。

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18. He just would not admit his fault.
他硬是不认错。

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19. He loved best to find fault with me.
他最喜欢找我的岔了。

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20. He who tries to conceal his fault for fear of criticism will sink deeper and deeper in the quagmire of errors.
讳疾忌医的人，错误越陷越深。

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