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单词 fault
音标
英[fɔ:lt] 美[fɔlt]
解释
n.缺点,缺陷;过错,责任;[电]故障;(猎狗的)失去嗅迹;vt.挑剔,找…的缺点;批评;做错,在…中出错;[地质学]产生断层;vi.找错误,挑剔;[地质学]变动从而产生断层;
例句

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.
例: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。
例: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。

N-COUNT
错误;失误
A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.
例: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。

N-COUNT
缺点;毛病
A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.
例: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。
例:...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

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.
例: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。
例: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。

N-COUNT
(地壳的)断层
A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.
例:...the San Andreas Fault.圣安德烈亚斯断层

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

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.
例:He could never accept that he had been at fault...他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
例: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。

PHRASE
挑剔;找茬儿;指责
If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
例: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。

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.
例:Jefferson was generous to a fault...杰斐逊大方得过了头。
例: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。
变形
third:faults~done:faulted~pl:faults~ing:faulting~past:faulted~

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