The noun is pronounced /'diːfekt/. The verb is pronounced /dɪ'fekt/. 名词读作 /'diːfekt/。动词读作 /dɪ'fekt/。
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]缺点;缺陷;毛病;瑕疵 A
defect is a fault or imperfection in a person or thing.
He was born with a hearing defect.
他患有先天性听力缺损。
...a defect in the aircraft caused the crash...
飞机的一个缺陷导致了这起坠毁事故。
A report has pointed out the defects of the present system.
一份报告指出了当前体制存在的毛病。
2
[VERB 动词]叛逃;背叛;变节;倒戈 If you
defect, you leave your country, political party, or other group, and join an opposing country, party, or group.
He tried to defect to the West last year...
去年他试图叛逃到西方。
He defected from the party in the late 1970s.
他在20世纪70年代后期叛出了该党。
...a KGB officer who defected in 1963.
1963年叛变的一名克格勃官员
defection...the defection of at least sixteen Parliamentary deputies.
至少 16 名议会代表的倒戈