fault

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 faultshiftfracturebreak

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

1. 责任;过失;过错
If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

2. 错误;失误
A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.

e.g. 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。

3. 缺点;毛病
A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...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

4. (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.

fault是什么意思

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

5. (地壳的)断层
A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.

e.g. ...the San Andreas Fault.
圣安德烈亚斯断层

6. (网球的)发球失误
A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.

7. 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.

e.g. He could never accept that he had been at fault...
他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
e.g. 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。

8. 挑剔;找茬儿;指责
If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.

e.g. 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。

9. (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.

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e.g. Jefferson was generous to a fault...
杰斐逊大方得过了头。
e.g. 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。

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