| 词汇 | fault |
| 释义 | fault noun uk /fɒlt/ us /fɑːlt/ faultnoun (MISTAKE)B1[ U ] a mistake, especially something for which you are to blame: 过错，过失；责任 It's not my fault she didn't come!她没来不是我的错！ She believes it was the doctor's fault that Peter died.她认为彼得的死是医生的责任。 fault is withThe fault was with the organizers, who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people. fault lies withThe fault clearly lies with an administration that has cut staff and failed to ensure adequate training. through no fault of your ownThrough no fault of his own, he spent a week locked up in jail.他自己并没犯什么过错，但在监狱里被关了一个星期。 be to blame for something be to blameNo one can decide who is to blame. be at faultBoth the fans and the players were at fault. be someone's faultThis is all my fault. be responsibleWe're still trying to determine who was responsible for the attacks. the blame lies withSome of the blame lies with investors. the blame rests withMuch of the blame rests with the government, which has confused people with conflicting health messages B2[ C ] a weakness in a person's character: 缺点；弱点 He has many faults, but dishonesty isn't one of them.他有很多缺点，但人还算诚实。 B2[ C ] a broken part or weakness in a machine or system: （机器或系统的）毛病，故障，缺陷 The car has a serious design fault.这款车存在重大的设计缺陷。 electrical faultAn electrical fault caused the fire.电路故障引起了火灾。 For all the faults in our education system, it is still better than that in many other countries.尽管存在种种缺陷，我们的教育系统仍然比其他许多国家的要好。 [ C ] (in tennis and some other games) a mistake made by a player who is beginning a game by hitting the ball（网球等的）发球失误 be at fault B2 to have done something wrong: 有过错；有责任 be at fault forHer doctor was at fault for not sending her straight to a specialist. find fault with someone/something C2 to criticize someone or something, especially without good reasons: 找…的茬，挑…的毛病 He's always finding fault with my work.他总是挑我工作上的毛病。 "It wasn't my fault." "Don't worry, I'm not accusing you."“不是我的错。”“别担心，我不是在指责你。” The fault surely lies in the design of the equipment. The electrician has diagnosed a fault in the wiring.电工查出了一处线路故障。 I admit it was entirely my fault.我承认全都是我的错。 With all her faults, she's still a really good friend.尽管有那么多缺点，她仍然是个真正的好朋友。 Faults and mistakes (that's) your hard luckidiom aberration Achilles heel adrift black mark blemish errata erratum error failing false move loophole malaprop miscue misfunction misperception snag list that's/it's your funeral!idiom typo uncorrectable You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Tennis & racket sports faultnoun (CRACK)[ C ] geology specialized a crack in the earth's surface where the rock has divided into two parts that move against each other: （地表的）断层 fault lineSurveyors say the fault line is capable of generating a major earthquake once in a hundred years.土地测量员称这种断层带能引发百年一遇的大地震。 Kevin Schafer/Photolibrary/GettyImages Geography: caves, cracks & crevices cave cavern crack crater cratered crevasse crevice fissure furrow gouge grotto gulf hole pit pothole relocation rut rutty speleologist stalagmite Idiombe kind, generous, etc. to a fault fault verb uk /fɒlt/ us /fɑːlt/ faultverb (CRITICIZE)[ T ] to find a reason to criticize someone or something: 找…的缺点，挑剔;指责 I can't fault the way they dealt with the complaint.他们处理投诉的方式我无可挑剔。 fault someone on somethingI can't fault you on your logic.你的逻辑我挑不出毛病。 Disapproving & criticizing anathematize animadversion aspersion aw backbite barrel bash belabour disapprobation knock knocker let someone have both barrelsidiom low blow mordacious mordancy pile poorly slam there you goidiom union-basher faultverb (SPORTS)[ I ] to hit a fault in tennis and other similar games: 发球失误 fault onThat's the fourth serve he's faulted on today.那是他今天第4次发球失误了。 Tennis & racket sports ace alley approach shot backcourt ball boy ball girl chip forecourt forehand knock up mixed doubles outhit paddleball padel passing shot pelota shuttlecock string table tennis tramlines fault | American Dictionaryfault noun us/fɔlt/ faultnoun (SOMETHING WRONG)[ C ] a quality in a person that shows that the person is not perfect, or a condition of something that shows that it is not working perfectly: He loves me in spite of my faults. Some people find fault in everything they see. faultnoun (RESPONSIBILITY)[ U ] responsibility for a mistake or for having done something wrong: I screwed up, so it was my fault we didn’t finish on time. The driver was at fault (= responsible) for the accident – he was going too fast. faultnoun (CRACK)[ C ] earth science a crack in the earth’s surface where the rock is divided into two parts that can move against each other in an earthquake (= a sudden, violent movement of the earth’s surface) Idiomto a fault fault verb[ T ] us/fɔlt/ faultverb[T] (RESPONSIBILITY)to blame someone: Professional athletes cannot be faulted for making millions of dollars when they attract the fans that make the sport popular. fault | Business Englishfault noun uk /fɔːlt/us [ C ] something that is wrong with a machine or system: The car had a serious design fault and had to be recalled. An electrical fault caused the fire. [ U ] the fact of being responsible for something bad that happens: be sb's fault (that)It was the traders' fault that so many billions were lost. be the fault of sbThe court found that the accident was the fault of the local authority. the fault lies with sbWe need to decide whether the fault lies with the buyer or the seller in this case. no-faultLAW relating to legal processes, insurance claims, etc. in which it is not necessary to decide who is responsible for a bad situation: He introduced the nation's first no-fault auto insurance law. a no-fault contract/divorce/system Examples of faultfault These theological and philosophical fault-lines, however, remain largely unmapped. Note that this is in contrast to most traditional fault modeling approaches where the fault is represented as an additive or a multiplicative time-dependent quantity. However, it is also clear that the rural-urban fault line will not be removed or redrawn at least within the foreseeable future. But then he could not have been at fault for not using stronger cables in the first place. However, the succession is cut by a number of small faults so that the section is not continuous. Subsequent intrusion of silicic magmas along these ring faults yielded the granites now preserved peripheral to the caldera-fill sequences. Neither editor is at fault, but it is another case where the ambiguity of the notation is lost in the precision of the modern edition. The results of fault-slip analysis show widely varying extension directions. The two fields were discovered in 1971 and are fault-bounded anticlinal structures. In addition, the signature identification in time series leading to fault detection and identification needs to be addressed. Sub-horizontal irregular grooves across fault surface are excavator marks, not primary features. Once again, many of the concerns identified by the unions would appear to be better addressed by a no-fault system than by an adversarial system. These vertical faults show diffuse recrystallization of calcite also along joints and major displacements. In medicine, defects are disorders of a patient; in technical domains, defects are faults of a device. It is that whether someone is worse off through his own fault depends on the origin of the unequal state. See all examples of fault These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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