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Default Dɪˈfɔːlt Noun Sth Change Money Legally Paying

The word "default" has multiple meanings, including failing to fulfill a legal obligation (like paying a debt), something that happens automatically unless changed, and a standard setting in computing. It can be used as a verb or a noun, and phrases like "by default" and "in default of" have specific meanings.

The word "default" has multiple meanings, including failing to fulfill a legal obligation (like paying a debt), something that happens automatically unless changed, and a standard setting in computing. It can be used as a verb or a noun, and phrases like "by default" and "in default of" have specific meanings.

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default ★★☆☆☆
/dɪfɔ͟ːlt/
Pronounced /'diːfɔːlt/ for meaning 2. 义项 2 读作 /'diːfɔːlt/。
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[VERB 动词]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.
  [V on n]
  [oft N prep]
  [LEGAL 法律]
  • 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。

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[ADJ 形容词]默认的 A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it.
  [ADJ n]
  • ...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 不可数名词]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.
  [COMPUTING 计算机]
  • 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

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[PHRASE 短语](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.
  [PHR after v]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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 短语介词]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.
  [PREP n/-ing]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • 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。


Oxford de·fault / dɪˈfɔːlt ; NAmE dɪˈfɔːlt / / ˈdiːfɔːlt ; NAmE ˈdiːfɔːlt /
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default defaults defaulted defaulting
noun 1 [uncountable ,  countable ] failure to do sth that must be done by law, especially paying a debt 违约(尤指未偿付债务) The company is in default on the loan. 这家公司拖欠借款。 Mortgage defaults have risen in the last year. 按揭借款违约在近一年里呈上升趋势。 2 [uncountable ,  countable ,  usually singular ] ( computing ) what happens or appears if you do not make any other choice or change 默认;系统设定值;预置值 The default option is to save your work every five minutes. 默认设置为每五分钟存盘一次。 On this screen, 256 colours is the default. 这个显示屏的系统设定值是 256 色。 IDIOMS by deˈfault 1 a game or competition can be won by defaultif there are no other people, teams, etc. taking part (比赛)因其他参赛者不到场,由于对手缺席(而胜出) 2 if sth happens by default,it happens because you have not made any other decision or choices which would make things happen in a different way 由于没有特别作出决定(或选择) in deˈfault of sth ( formal) because of a lack of sth 由于缺乏…;因为没有… They accepted what he had said in default ofany evidence to disprove it. 由于缺乏相反的证据,他们相信了他的话。 verb 1 [intransitive ] default(on sth) to fail to do sth that you legally have to do, especially by not paying a debt 违约,不履行义务(尤指不偿还债务) to default on a loan/debt 拖欠借款╱债务 defaulting borrowers/tenants 不偿还债务的借款人;拖欠租金的承租人 2 [intransitive ] default(to sth) ( computing ) to happen when you do not make any other choice or change 默认;预设;预置 de·fault·er defaulter defaulters / ; NAmE / noun mortgage defaulters 按揭借款违约者 de·fault / dɪˈfɔːlt ; NAmE dɪˈfɔːlt / de·fault·er / ; NAmE /
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default1 noun
default2 verb
defaultde‧fault1 /dɪˈfɔːlt $ -ˈfɒːlt/ ●○○ noun
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1by default a)if you win a game, competition etc by default, you win it because your opponent did not play or because there were no other competitors b)if something happens by default, it happens because you did not do anything to change it2[countable, uncountable] formal failure to pay money that you owe at the right timein default The company is in default on its loan agreement.default in The bank can seize the asset in the event of a default in payment. the risk of default by borrowers3[uncountable] law failure to do something that you are supposed to do according to the law or because it is your duty4[countable usually singular] technical the way in which things are arranged on a computer screen unless you decide to change them:  You can change the default settings to suit your needs.5[singular] the usual and expected way in which something is done, unless you decide to do something different:  This way of working seems to be the default these days.6in default of something formal because of the lack or absence of something:  In default of any other instructions, they decided to use the same system as before.
default1 noun
default2 verb
defaultdefault2 verb [intransitive]
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1to fail to pay money that you owe at the right timedefault on He defaulted on his child support payments.2to not do something that you are supposed to do, especially that you are legally supposed to dodefaulter noun [countable]
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default

[dɪˈfɔ:lt]defaulted, defaulting, defaults

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默认(83%),拖欠(12%),缺席(3%),不履行义务(1%),不履行责任(1%)
n.违约;缺席;缺乏;系统默认值
vt.不履行;不参加(比赛等);对…处以缺席裁判
vi.拖欠;不履行;不到场

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