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Defect Hearing Leave Pronounced Country Party Ed 英

英语单词 defect
英美音标 英 ['diːfekt] 美 ['diːfekt]
中文释义 n.缺点;缺陷
vi.背叛
英语例句 (1) If it were not for this defect, I shall hire him at once.
(2) The new car had to be withdrawn from the market because of a mechanical defect.
(3) We thought that his troops might defect.
中文例句 (1) 如果不是因为这个缺点,我会马上雇用他。
(2) 那种新汽车因有机械缺陷只好撤出市场。
(3) 我们认为他的部队会叛变。
vocabulary简明 A flaw in something is a defect. At certain stores you can buy clothes with slight defects. You have to be careful because the defect can be minor, like a missing button, or major, like sleeves of uneven lengths.
vocabulary扩展 In a person, a defect is an imperfection, which can manifest itself mentally or physically. If you are diagnosed with a heart defect, you will have to seek the advice of specialists. A hearing defect might leave your dad deaf in one ear. If you are becoming forgetful, you can joke that you are developing a mental defect, but if it continues, you'll probably want to have your head examined.
柯林斯解释
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.
  [usu with supp]
  • 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.
  [V to/from n]
  [V]
  • 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

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