| 英语单词 | faulty |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['fɔːlti] 美 ['fɔːlti] |
| 中文释义 | adj.有缺陷的;不合格的;有错误的;有缺点的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I got an electric shock from that faulty light switch. (2) Send these faulty goods back to the manufacturer. (3) Consumers are encouraged to complain about faulty goods. (4) My judgement was frequently faulty, but my loyalty to the nation could not be questioned. (5) The new TV is faulty in design. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那个有毛病的电灯开关把我电了一下。 (2) 把这些次货退还给厂家。 (3) 要鼓励消费者对劣质商品投诉。 (4) 我的判断经常出错,但是我对祖国的忠诚是无可置疑的。 (5) 新电视在设计上是有缺点的。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Something that's faulty is full of mistakes — it's wrong. Faulty logic often leads people to make terrible decisions, since they're based on an incorrect way of thinking. |
| vocabulary扩展 | A faulty explanation is based on errors, and a faulty machine doesn't work the way it's supposed to. If your chocolate chip cookies keep coming out burned, your stove may be faulty — or you may be baking them too long. If your car's brakes are faulty, it won't stop as quickly as it should, and if your furnace is faulty, it will be a long, cold winter. Faulty and fail share a common Latin root word. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](设备等)有问题的,有毛病的,出故障的 A faulty piece of equipment has something wrong with it and is not working properly.
2 [ADJ 形容词](论证或推理)错误的,谬误的,不完善的 If you describe someone's argument or reasoning as faulty, you mean that it is wrong or contains mistakes, usually because they have not been thinking in a logical way.
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