1 N-SING [with poss] 责任;过失;过错 If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. 责任;过失;过错
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There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault.
这全是他的错,这是无法回避的事实。
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A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through no fault of their own.
一些借款人会发现,他们还款遇到了麻烦,但根本不是由于自身的过失造成的。
2 N-COUNT 错误;失误 A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done. 错误;失误
3 N-COUNT [oft poss NOUN] 缺点;毛病 A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect. 缺点;毛病
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His manners had always made her blind to his faults.
他的彬彬有礼总是使她对他的缺点视而不见。
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...a short delay due to a minor technical fault.
一个技术上的小故障引起的短暂延误
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Pilots were trying to repair a fault in the plane when it crashed.
飞行员正在试图排除飞机故障的时候,飞机坠毁了。
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For all its faults, the film presents a clear message.
该片尽管有种种不足,但还是表达了一个清晰的主旨。
SYN failing, lack, weakness, defect
4 VERB (无可)挑剔,找茬儿,指责 If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing. (无可)挑剔,找茬儿,指责
SYN criticize, blame, complain, condemn
5 N-COUNT (地壳的)断层 A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth. (地壳的)断层
6 N-COUNT (网球的)发球失误 A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules. (网球的)发球失误
7 PHRASE 有过错;有责任 If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong. 有过错;有责任
SYN guilty, responsible, to blame, accountable
8 PHRASE 挑剔;找茬儿;指责 If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them. 挑剔;找茬儿;指责
9 PHRASE (好得)过分,过头 If you say that someone has a particular good quality to a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary. (好得)过分,过头 [emphasis]
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Jefferson was generous to a fault.
杰斐逊大方得过了头。
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Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm.
别人会告诉你她有趣、聪明又热情,谦逊得过了头。
SYN excessively, overly [US] , unduly, ridiculously
Quotations
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves William Shakespeare Julius Caesar
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | fault Also look up: |
N. | wrongdoing 1 blunder, defect, error, flaw, mistake 2 imperfection, weakness 3 |
Word Partnership | Use fault with: |
PREP. | at fault 7 to a fault 9 |
VERB. | find fault 8 |
ADJ. | generous to a fault 9 |
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