fault是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a mistake, especially something for which you are to blame -- 過錯，過失；責任

  • It's not my fault she didn't come! 她沒來不是我的錯！

  • She believes it was the doctor's fault that Peter died. 她認為彼得的死醫生需要負責。

  • The fault was/lay with the organizers, who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people. 是組織者的過錯，他們沒有做好必要的安排來接待這麼多人。

  • Through no fault of his own, he spent a week locked up in jail. 他自己並沒犯甚麼過錯，但在監獄裡被關了一個星期。

  • He has many faults, but dishonesty isn't one of them. 他有很多缺點，但人還算誠實。

  • The car has a serious design fault. 這款汽車存在著重大的設計缺陷。

  • An electrical fault caused the fire. 電路故障引起了火災。

  • For all the faults in our education system, it is still better than that in many other countries. 儘管存在著種種缺陷，我們的教育系統仍然比其他許多國家的要好。

  • Her doctor was at fault for/in not sending her straight to a specialist. 她的醫生犯了過錯，沒有把她直接送到專科醫生那裡去治療。

  • He's always finding fault with my work. 他總是挑我工作上的毛病。

• 1 a crack in the earth's surface where the rock has divided into two parts that move against each other -- （地表的）斷層

  • Surveyors say the fault line is capable of generating a major earthquake once in a hundred years. 土地測量員稱這個斷層帶能引發百年一遇的大地震。

• 2 to find a reason to criticize someone or something -- 找…的缺點，挑剔；指責

  • I can't fault the way they dealt with the complaint. 他們處理投訴的方式我無可挑剔。

  • I can't fault you on your logic. 你的邏輯我挑不出毛病。

• 3 to hit a fault in tennis and other similar games -- 發球失誤

  • That's the fourth serve he's faulted on today. 那是他今天第四次發球失誤了。