fault的意思

基本释义

• n 故障；[地质] 断层；错误；缺点；毛病；（网球等）发球失误

  a bad or weak part of someone’s character

• v 弄错；产生断层

例句

1. His worst fault is his arrogance.

   他最大的缺点是傲慢。

2. I may have my faults , but ingratitude is not one of them.

   我可能有我的缺点，但我决不会忘恩负义。

3. For all his faults (= in spite of his faults ) he was a good father.

   尽管他有缺点，但还是个好父亲。

短语

• fault diagnosis 故障诊断
• fault tree 故障树；失效树
• fault zone 断裂带；断层带，断层区
• fault detection 故障检测；探伤
• fault block 断块；故障闭塞；断裂地块

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英英释义

noun 1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention e.g. he made a bad mistake she was quick to point out my errors I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults Synonym: mistakeerror 2. (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) e.g. he served too many double faults 3. responsibility for a bad situation or event e.g. it was John's fault 4. the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection e.g. they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel he knew his own faults much better than she did Synonym: demerit 5. (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) e.g. it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it 6. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other e.g. they built it right over a geological fault he studied the faulting of the earth's crust Synonym: faultinggeological, faultshiftfracture, break 7. an imperfection in an object or machine e.g. a flaw caused the crystal to shatter if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer Synonym: defectflaw verb 1. put or pin the blame on Synonym: blame

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