- an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character缺点, 毛病, 不足:
my worst fault is impatience.
我最大的缺点是没有耐心。
- a break or other defect in an electric circuit or piece of machinery(电路或机器的)毛病, 故障:
a fire caused by an electrical fault.
电气故障引起的火灾。
- a misguided or dangerous action or habit错误(或危险)的行为(或习惯); 错误, 过失, 过错:
the fault of the keen therapist is to start to intervene during the assessment phase.
那位急于求成的治疗专家的错误在于他在评估阶段就开始介入了。
- (in tennis and similar games) a service of the ball not in accordance with the rules(网球或类似运动用语)发球失误。
- (一般作 faults)(in showjumping) a penalty point imposed for an error(马术超越障碍赛中的)失误扣分, 罚分。
- mass noun responsibility for an accident or misfortune(对事故或不幸事件所负的)责任:
many people who get into debt do so through no fault of their own
许多负债人之所以欠债并不是他们自身的责任
it was his fault she had died.
她的死是他造成的。
- Geology an extended break in a rock formation, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular plane【地质】断层。
- criticize for inadequacy or mistakes指责, 批评, 找…的差错:
her colleagues and superiors could not fault her dedication to the job
她的同事和上级对她的敬业精神无可挑剔
you cannot fault him for the professionalism of his approach.
他的进场飞行的水平之高让人无可挑剔。
- no obj. archaic do wrong〈古〉犯错误, 做错事:
the people of Caesarea faulted greatly when they called King Herod a god.
恺撒里亚人把希律王称为神是极大的错误。
be faulted
Geology (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults【地质】(岩层)产生断层:rift valleys where the crust has been stretched and faulted
地壳拉伸并产生断层的裂谷
as noun faulting a complex pattern of faulting.复杂的断层构造型式。
at fault
- responsible for an undesirable situation or event; in the wrong有责任的, 有过错的:
we recover compensation from the person at fault.
我们从过失方那儿获得赔偿。
- mistaken or defective弄错的, 出错的; 有毛病的:
he suspected that his calculator was at fault.
他怀疑他的计算器有毛病。
find fault
- make an adverse criticism or objection, sometimes unfairly or destructively挑剔, 找岔子, 批评:
he finds fault with everything I do.
他对我所做的每一件事都要挑剔。
- to a fault
- (of someone who displays a particular commendable quality to an extent) verging on excess(在某种程度上表现出某种好品质的人)过分地, 过度地:
you're kind, caring and generous to a fault.
你善良、关爱他人、大方得有些过分了。