Pronounced /'diːfɔːlt/ for meaning 2. 义项 2 读作 /'diːfɔːlt/。
1 VERB 不履行;未支付 If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it. 不履行;未支付 [law]
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The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans. [VERB + on]
信用卡业务出现了下滑，而且越来越多的借款者都不按期还款。
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The first warning signals came in March when the company defaulted on its initial payment of £30 million. [VERB on noun]
第一次出现警示信号是在3月份，当时该公司未能按时交纳3,000万英镑的首期付款。
2 ADJ [ADJ n] 默认的 A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it. 默认的
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...default passwords installed on commercial machines.
商用机器上设置的默认口令
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Death, not life, is the default state of cells.
细胞的常态是死亡而不是存活。
3 N-UNCOUNT 默认值;缺省指令 In computing, the default is a particular set of instructions which the computer always uses unless the person using the computer gives other instructions. 默认值;缺省指令 [computing]
4 PHRASE (事情的发生)自动地(因可能阻止或改变结果之事未发生) If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened. (事情的发生)自动地(因可能阻止或改变结果之事未发生) [formal]
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Spassky won the first game, and was awarded by the second by default, when Fischer failed to put in an appearance.
斯帕斯基赢了第一局，又因菲舍尔第二局未能上场而再胜一局。
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I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.
我宁愿把这些钱付给个人，也不愿它们因未作任何处置而自动地归国家所有。
5 PREP-PHRASE [PREPOSITION n/-ing] 因…未发生;因…不可能 If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible. 因…未发生;因…不可能 [formal]
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Malvolio becomes, in default of competition, the play's moral centre.
因为没有与其竞争者，马伏里奥自然成了该剧的道德核心。
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