- n. 缺点；错误；责任；断层；故障
- v. 对……挑毛病；弄错；产生断层
名复: faults
动变: 过去式:faulted 过去分词:faulted 现在进行时:faulting
fault
KK:[fɒlt] DJ:[fɒːlt]
n.
- 缺点，毛病，缺陷[C]
- 错误[C]
- （过失的）责任，咎[U]
- 【地】断层[C]
- 故障；误差[C]
- （网球等）发球失误[C]
vt.
- （通常用于疑问句或否定句）对……挑毛病；找……的缺点
vi.
- 弄错，出差错
- 【地】产生断层
短语
at fault
- 出毛病
find fault
- 找岔子；挑剔
to a fault
- 过分地
辨析
同义:
n.缺点，毛病，缺陷
mistake error defect flaw shortcoming wrongdoing misdeed反义:
n.“缺点；错误”的反义词
merit virtue同义参见:
responsibility drawback offense delinquency weakness vice1 flaw1以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》
/fɔːlt, fɒlt/
n.
- an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature; a defect or mistake. ▸(in tennis and similar games) a service of the ball not in accordance with the rules.
- responsibility for an accident or misfortune.
- Geology an extended break in a rock formation, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata.
v.
- criticize for inadequacy or mistakes. ▸archaic do wrong.
- (be faulted) Geology be broken by a fault or faults.
Phrase
- at fault
- in the wrong.
- defective.
- find fault
make a criticism or objection, sometimes unfairly. - —— to a fault
displaying the specified commendable quality to an almost excessive extent:
Derivative
- faultless adj.
- faultlessly adv.
- faultlessness n.
Etymology
ME faut(e) ‘lack, failing’, from OFr., based on L. fallere ‘deceive’; -l- added to conform with L.
以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》
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