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fault MISTAKEHfBlt, $fB:ltna mistake, esp. something for which you are to blame, or (esp. in a person's character or a machine) a weakness or broken part过错;缺点;故障"Whose fault was the crash?" "Well, it wasn't mine!" [U]“这次撞车是谁的错?”“喔，不是我的错。”Profits are down and the fault is / lies in bad management. [U]利润下降了，问题出在管理不当。The fault was / lay with the organizers, who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people. [U]这是组织者的过失，他们没有做好接待这么多人的必要安排。Through no fault of his own he spent a week in jail after the police mistakenly arrested him. [U]并非由于他自己的过错，他在被警察误抓后，在监狱呆了一个星期。I've found a couple of faults in the instruction booklet. [C]我已经在这本使用说明书里找到了几个错误。He's got many faults (=weaknesses), but dishonesty isn't one of them. [C]他有很多缺点，但还诚实。Despite (all) /For all /With all its faults (=weaknesses), our transport system is better than that in many other countries. [C]尽管有这些缺点，我们的交通系统比很多国家的都好。Don't touch it if you think it's got an electrical fault (=broken part). [C]如果你认为它有电路故障，就不要碰它。I can't phone my Dad--there seems to be a fault on the line (=the connection between the two telephones is not working). [C]我没法给我爸爸打电话，电话线好像出了毛病。In tennis and other similar games, a fault is a mistake made when hitting the ball over the net in order to begin a game. [C](网球等的)发球失误Her doctor was at fault (=was wrong) in not sending her straight to a specialist.她的医生没有把她直接送到专家那里去治疗是错的。To find fault with something or someone is to criticize or complain even about small mistakes.找…的岔子，挑错It's depressing to have someone always finding fault with your work.总有人给你的工作挑错，这真令人沮丧。If you say that someone is generous / kind / etc. to a fault, you mean that they are extremely generous / kind / etc.极为慷慨/仁慈Generous to a fault, she took all her friends out for a lavish dinner.她极为慷慨，请她所有的朋友出去吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐。
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