一、详细释义:
n.
缺点,缺陷;毛病;故障 [C]
例句:
His only fault is that he lacks experience.
他唯一的缺点是缺少经验。
例句:
With all his faults, he was still a good teacher.
尽管有缺点,他仍不失为一名好老师。
错误,过错,责任 [U]
例句:
I shall not bear with his fault.
我不会宽容他的错误。
例句:
Every man has some fault.
人孰无过。
发球失误 [C]
例句:
The not-ball or net-fault, is a common fault.
发落网球或发球失误是种常见的失误。
例句:
A common fault is a net-ball or net-fault.
常犯的失误是发落网球,或发球失误。
断层 [C]
例句:
Variations in rock type and structure in the fault zone would entail variations in slippage rate along the trace.
断层区的岩石类型和构造的不同将会引起沿断痕滑动的速率的变化。
例句:
Any place within the fault zone could have breakage.
断层带内的任何地方都会有破裂。
v.
找错误,挑剔 [I,T]
例句:
It's hard to fault her words.
她的话简直无懈可击。
例句:
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。
弄错 [I,T]
例句:
But you cannot fault the logic.
但你不能弄错逻辑。
例句:
The acrobat deliberately faulted the performance once to make it look difficult.
表演者故意把表演做错一次,以显得表演很难。
产生断层 [I,T]
例句:
The earthquake fault at 400 km, and produced a large tsunami.
此次地震的断层达到400公里,并且产生了大海啸。
二、词义辨析:
error,fault,blunder,flaw,mistake,shortcoming,defect,slip
这些名词均有“错误”或“缺点”之意。error指思想或行动背离正题轨道或没有得到正确指引而出现的偏差或错误。fault一般指小并且可宽容的缺点、错误。blunder通常指由于无知或情况不明造成判断或行动上的大错。flaw指结构或组织上的缺点,如破裂之处。用作比喻意义时,指品格上的缺陷。mistake最普通用词,泛指思想上、行为上或认识上的判断或理解方面的错误。shortcoming指没有达到所要求的标准、没有充分发展或没尽到职责的不足、缺点或短处。多用复数形式。 defect普通用词。指表面上的缺陷,或指人或物本质上的缺点。slip指因疏忽或无意而造成的差错。
三、相关短语:
at fault
有过失,有毛病,有错误,应受责备
find fault
挑剔,挑岔子
to a fault
adv.过分
fault line
【地质】断层带,裂纹线
geological fault
地质断层
gravity fault