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

• He never allowed his love of Australia to blind him to his countrymen's faults.
  他从来不会因为对澳大利亚的热爱而看不到自己同胞的缺点。
• It does no good to a child to have his faults shielded by his mother.
  做母亲的对孩子护短没什么好处。
• 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。
• He forgave our friends their faults.
  他宽恕了我们那些朋友的过失。
• For all its faults, the film instantly became a classic.
  尽管有缺陷，这部电影还是迅速成为了一部经典作品。
• When love fails, we can see all faults.
  爱情不在了，我们就可以看到所有的缺点了。
• The makers have called in some cars with dangerous faults.
  制造商已经要求把某些有大毛病的汽车送回去。
• Old Xiao thought that she was trying to pick faults and misinterpreting his meaning.
  老萧觉得她是在挑字眼儿，误会了自己的意思。
• And you think you just have me down and you know all my faults and all that.
  而你认为你有我了，你知道我所有的缺点和所有。
• 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。