defect是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a fault or problem in something or someone that spoils that thing or person or causes it, him, or her not to work correctly -- 缺點；缺陷；瑕疵

  • All the company's aircraft have been grounded, after a defect in the engine cooling system was discovered. 自從發現發動機冷卻系統有缺陷之後，這家公司所有的飛機都已經停飛了。

  • There are so many defects in our education system. 我們的教育制度有太多缺陷了。

  • It's a character defect in her that she can't ever admit she's wrong. 她在性格上有缺陷，從來都不承認自己有錯誤。

  • She suffers from a heart/sight/speech defect. 她的心臟／視力有缺陷／她有語言障礙。

  • The drug has been shown to cause birth defects. 那種藥物已被證明可導致新生兒先天性缺陷。

  • Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic defect. 囊胞性纖維症是由遺傳缺陷引起的。

• 1 to leave a country, political party, etc., especially in order to join an opposing one -- （尤指為加入敵對國家、政黨等）脫離，退出，叛逃

  • When the national hockey team visited the US, half the players defected. 國家曲棍球隊訪問美國時，有一半隊員都叛逃了。

  • The British spy, Kim Philby, defected to the Soviet Union/defected from Britain in 1963. 英國間諜金‧菲爾比於1963年叛逃到了蘇聯。