fault
- n.过错;（地壳岩层的）断层;故障;责任;缺陷;过失;缺点;毛病;弱点;发球失误
- vt.发现错误;找出缺点
复数： faults 过去式： faulted 现在分词： faulting 过去分词： faulted 第三人称单数： faults
faultnoun
责任 responsibility
责任；过错；过失
the responsibility for sth wrong that has happened or been done
It was his fault that we were late.
我们迟到责任在他。
Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault ?
不是我的错为什么要我道歉？
It's nobody's fault.
谁都没有错。
It's your own fault for being careless.
你粗心大意是你自己的过失。
Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own .
很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。
I think the owners are at fault (= responsible) for not warning us.
我认为业主没有提醒我们是有责任的。
人品 in sb's character
弱点；缺点
a bad or weak aspect of sb's character
He's proud of his children and blind to their faults.
他为孩子们感到自豪，对他们的缺点视而不见。
I love her for all her faults (= in spite of them) .
尽管她有这么多缺点，我还是爱她。
错事 sth wrong
缺陷；毛病；故障
something that is wrong or not perfect with sth; something that is wrong with a machine or system that stops it from working correctly
The book's virtues far outweigh its faults.
这本书优点远远大于缺失。
The system, for all its faults , is the best available at the moment.
这个系统虽然缺点不少，却是现有最好的一个。
a major fault in the design
设计中的一个重大失误
a structural fault
结构缺陷
an electrical fault
电路故障
网球 in tennis
发球失误
a mistake made when serving
He has served a number of double faults in this set.
他在这盘发球出现了一些双误。
地质 geology
（地壳岩层的）断层
a place where there is a break that is longer than usual in the layers of rock in the earth's crust
the San Andreas fault
圣安德烈亚斯断层
a fault line
断层线
used to say that sb has a lot, or even too much, of a particular good quality
她过分慷慨。
She is generous to a fault.
to look for and discover mistakes in sb/sth; to complain about sb/sth
verb
VN发现错误；找出缺点
to find a mistake or a weakness in sb/sth
Her colleagues could not fault her dedication to the job.
她的同事认为她的敬业精神是无可挑剔的。
He had always been polite─she couldn't fault him on that.
他总是彬彬有礼——她在这方面对他无可指摘。
fault
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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.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。
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N-COUNT 错误;失误
A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.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。
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N-COUNT 缺点;毛病
A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.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。
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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.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。
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N-COUNT (地壳的)断层
A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth....the San Andreas Fault.
圣安德烈亚斯断层
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N-COUNT (网球的)发球失误
A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules. -
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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.He could never accept that he had been at fault...
他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
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PHRASE 挑剔;找茬儿;指责
If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.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。
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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.Jefferson was generous to a fault...
杰斐逊大方得过了头。
noun
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- a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- 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: mistake error
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- (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
- he served too many double faults
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- responsibility for a bad situation or event
- it was John's fault
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- the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
- they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
- he knew his own faults much better than she did
- Synonym: demerit
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- (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
- it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it
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- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- they built it right over a geological fault
- he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
- Synonym: faulting geological fault shift fracture break
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- an imperfection in an object or machine
- a flaw caused the crystal to shatter
- if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer
- Synonym: defect flaw
verb
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- put or pin the blame on
- Synonym: blame
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Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own .
很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。
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Don 't be so heavy on her ─ it wasn 't her fault .
别对她这么苛刻——这不是她的过错。
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Now look here , it wasn 't my fault .
喂，那不是我的错！
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I think the owners are at fault for not warning us .
我认为业主没有提醒我们是有责任的。
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Why should I say sorry when it 's not my fault ?
不是我的错为什么要我道歉？
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With all her faults I still love her .
尽管她有种种缺点，我依然爱着她。
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He has served a number of double faults in this set .
他在这盘发球出现了一些双误。
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Her colleagues could not fault her dedication to the job .
她的同事认为她的敬业精神是无可挑剔的。
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It 's not my blankety-blank fault !
这他妈不是我的错！
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The accident happened through no fault of her own .
这一事故的发生不是她本人的过错。
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The system , for all its faults , is the best available at the moment .
这个系统虽然缺点不少，却是现有最好的一个。
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Cars with serious faults have been called in by the manufacturers .
有严重缺陷的汽车已被制造商召回。
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I love her for all her faults .
尽管她有这么多缺点，我还是爱她。
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The fault was discovered during a routine check .
这个错误是在一次常规检查中发现的。
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He 's proud of his children and blind to their faults .
他为孩子们感到自豪，对他们的缺点视而不见。
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He had always been polite ─ she couldn 't fault him on that .
他总是彬彬有礼——她在这方面对他无可指摘。
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She is blind to her husband 's faults .
她对丈夫的过错毫无察觉。
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He questioned whether the accident was solely the truck driver 's fault .
他怀疑事故是否应归咎于卡车司机一人。
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The accident was my fault ─ it would be foolish to pretend otherwise .
这次事故是我的过失——装作没有责任那才傻呢。
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It 's nobody 's fault .
谁都没有错。
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Sam retorted that it was my fault as much as his .
萨姆反驳说我和他同样有错。
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There 's no need to take that tone with me ─ it 's not my fault we 're late .
不必那样跟我拿腔拿调的。我们来晚了，可不是我的错。
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It 's your own fault for being careless .
你粗心大意是你自己的过失。
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The mechanic located the fault immediately .
机修工立即找到了出故障的地方。
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She is generous to a fault .
她过分慷慨。
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The captain knew there was an engine fault but didn 't want to alarm the passengers .
船长知道一台发动机出了故障，不过他不想惊动乘客。
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He always tried to minimize his own faults , while exaggerating those of others .
他总是试图对自己的错误轻描淡写，对别人的错误夸大其词。
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It 's not his fault he 's so pompous ─ he was born that way .
他如此自命不凡并不是他的错，他天生就是这种性格。
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The layout is hard to fault ergonomically .
这一设计从工效学方面看几乎无懈可击。
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Don 't get stroppy with me ─ it isn 't my fault !
别冲我生气——这不是我的错！
指由于愚蠢或疏忽大意等造成的错误。
She made a terrible blunder when introducing the girl to her husband.
她把那个女孩介绍给她丈夫是犯了一个极大的错误。
指因愚蠢的行为犯下的过错。
I made a boob throwing that document away.
我犯了个愚蠢的错误，把那份文件扔掉了。
主要指干得拙劣、一塌糊涂的活儿。
I tried to make a great meal but only made a botch of it.
我试图做顿大餐，可是搞砸了。
指愚蠢的或令人难堪的过错。
He realized that mentioning her ex-husband was a bit of clanger.
他意识到提及她的前夫有点儿冒失，令人尴尬。
可指任何错误，包括笔误、印刷错误或计算错误，常可与 mistake 换用。
The government has committed a serious error/mistake.
政府犯下了严重的错误。
There are too many errors/mistakes in your spelling.
你拼写错误太多。
This is a grammatical error/mistake.
这是一个语法错误。
尤指很多人持有的错误观点或想法。
There was once a popular fallacy that the world is flat.
人们曾经普遍误以为地球是平的。
表示“缺点，毛病”时为可数名词；表示“过失，过错”时为不可数名词。
He is still an excellent politician despite the faults he's committed.
尽管他犯过一些错误，他仍是一名出色的政治家。
The minister is quite satisfied with his secretary because he can find no fault with her work.
部长对他的秘书很满意，因为她的工作无可挑剔。
指对发生的坏事负有的责任。
The boy behaved badly, but in fact the guilt lay with his parents.
这个男孩表现很不好，但实际上责任在于其父母。
指行为、看法、言辞等方面的错误。
I have made a mistake in grammar.
我犯了一个语法错误。
One silly mistake cost us the match.
一个愚蠢的错误使我们输掉了那场比赛。
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wrongdoing blunder defect error flaw mistake imperfection weakness job demerit onus failure disfigurement peccadillo disadvantage obligation inadequacy disability downside deficiency minus liability guilt vulnerability responsibility duty malfunction trouble mantle blame negligence sin drawback hitch shortcoming