fault是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a mistake, especially something for which you are to blame -- 过错，过失；责任

  • It's not my fault she didn't come! 她没来不是我的错！

  • She believes it was the doctor's fault that Peter died. 她认为彼得的死是医生的责任。

  • The fault was/lay with the organizers, who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people. 责任在组织者，他们没有做好必要的安排来接待这么多人。

  • Through no fault of his own, he spent a week locked up in jail. 他自己并没犯什么过错，但在监狱里被关了一个星期。

  • He has many faults, but dishonesty isn't one of them. 他有很多缺点，但人还算诚实。

  • The car has a serious design fault. 这款车存在重大的设计缺陷。

  • An electrical fault caused the fire. 电路故障引起了火灾。

  • For all the faults in our education system, it is still better than that in many other countries. 尽管存在种种缺陷，我们的教育系统仍然比其他许多国家的要好。

  • Her doctor was at fault for/in not sending her straight to a specialist. 她的医生没有把她直接送到专科医生那里去治疗，在这一点上是有责任的。

  • He's always finding fault with my work. 他总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）断层

  • Surveyors say the fault line is capable of generating a major earthquake once in a hundred years. 土地测量员称这种断层带能引发百年一遇的大地震。

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

  • I can't fault the way they dealt with the complaint. 他们处理投诉的方式我无可挑剔。

  • I can't fault you on your logic. 你的逻辑我挑不出毛病。

• 3 to hit a fault in tennis and other similar games -- 发球失误

  • That's the fourth serve he's faulted on today. 那是他今天第4次发球失误了。