faults

英 [fɔːlts]

美 [fɔːlts]

n.  责任; 过错; 过失; 弱点; 缺点; 缺陷; 毛病; 故障
v.  发现错误; 找出缺点
fault的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 责任;过失;过错
  If a bad or undesirable situation is yourfault, you caused it or are responsible for it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  Afaultis a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.
  1. 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
  Afaultin someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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
  3. Pilots were trying to repair a fault in the plane when it crashed...
     飞行员正在试图排除飞机故障的时候，飞机坠毁了。
  4. For all its faults, the film presents a clear message.
     该片尽管有种种不足，但还是表达了一个清晰的主旨。
• VERB (无可)挑剔，找茬儿，指责
  If youcannot faultsomeone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing.
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  Afaultis a large crack in the surface of the earth.
  1. ...the San Andreas Fault.
     圣安德烈亚斯断层
• (网球的)发球失误
  Afaultin tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.
• PHRASE 有过错;有责任
  If someone or something isat fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong.
  1. He could never accept that he had been at fault...
     他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
  2. 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 youfind fault withsomething or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
  1. 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 qualityto a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary.
  1. Jefferson was generous to a fault...
     杰斐逊大方得过了头。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• A novel approach to diagnosing the faults in high-pressure heater system was presented.
  提出了一种新的高加系统故障诊断方法。
• We should not totally damn a man's character for a few faults.
  我们不应当抓住一点点毛病就把一个人说得一无是处。
• How many faults have you made so far?
  到目前为止你失误了几次了？
• Data recorders also pinpoint mechanical faults rapidly, reducing repair times.
  数据记录仪还能迅速查明机械故障，减少维修次数。
• We must balance his good qualities against his faults.
  我们应该用他的优点来抵消他的缺点。
• We have also discussed the relationships between these fracture systems with curvature, faults and shear zones.
  我们还讨论了裂缝系统与弯曲，断层和剪切带之间的关系。
• He forgave our friends their faults.
  他宽恕了我们那些朋友的过失。
• Every man hath [ has] his faults.
  人皆有过。
• 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。
• The report says design faults in both the vessels contributed to the tragedy
  报告说两艘船存在的设计缺陷也促成了这场悲剧的发生。