fault

[fɔ:lt]

n.缺点, 故障, 过错, [地]断层
v.找 ... 错误

n.

1. 缺点, 毛病, 缺陷[C]

Every man has his faults.

金无足赤，人无完人。

2. 错误[C]

The teacher found many faults in spelling and grammar in my composition.

老师在我作文中发现许多拼写和语法错误。

3. (过失的)责任, 咎[U]

The fault is entirely mine.

责任全在于我。

It's no fault of hers.

这不是她的过错。

4. 【地】断层[C]

5. 故障; 误差[C]

6. (网球等)发球失误[C]

vt.

(通常用于疑问句或否定句)对……挑毛病; 找……的缺点

It was impossible to fault her performance.

她的演出无懈可击。

vi.

1. 弄错, 出差错

2. 【地】产生断层

词形变化

动词过去式: faulted | 动词过去分词: faulted | 动词现在分词: faulting | 动词第三人称单数: faults |

词义辨析

同义:

n.缺点, 毛病, 缺陷

mistake  error  defect  flaw  shortcoming  wrongdoing  misdeed  

同义参见:

responsibility  drawback  offense  delinquency  weakness  vice  flaw  

反义:

n.缺点; 错误

merit  virtue  

英英释义

名词 fault:

responsibility for a bad situation or event

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

同义词：faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break

the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection

同义词：demerit

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

同义词：mistake, error

an imperfection in a device or machine

同义词：defect, flaw

(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)

(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)

动词 fault:

put or pin the blame on

同义词：blame

短语词组

at fault

1. 出毛病

My memory is at fault.

我想不起来了。

find fault

1. 找岔子; 挑剔

Why did he find fault so much?

他为什么老是找麻烦?

to a fault

1. 过分地

She's generous to a fault.

她过分慷慨。

补充

faultfault英:[fɔ:lt] 美:[fɔlt]n.1.缺点, 缺陷; 故障His greatest fault is that he talks too much.他最大的缺点是说得太多。There is a fault in this machine.这台机器出了故障。2.过失, 过错

例句

1. There is a fault in the computer program.电脑程序中有一个缺陷。 2. a short delay due to a minor technical fault一个技术上的小故障造成的短暂延误 3. There's a fault in this material.这块料子上有一个疵点。 4. His manners had always made her blind to his faults.他彬彬有礼的举止让她总是对他的缺点视而不见。 5. Sarah, for all her faults, wasn't at all a bad cook.尽管萨拉有这样那样的缺点, 但她绝不是个糟糕的厨子。 6. Any faults or omissions are, of course, my own.当然, 任何错误或疏忽都是我自己造成的。 7. I was with a man for two years who found fault with me endlessly.我和一个无时无刻不找我碴儿的男人谈了两年。 8. I was disappointed whenever the cook found fault with my work.每当厨师对我的工作吹毛求疵时, 我都很失望。 9. These faults committed by Paul appear to be the cause of the accident.保罗做的这些错事看来是导致事故的原因。 10. It's my fault.这是我的过错。 11. There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault.这一事实是无法回避的：这完全是他的错。 12. It is entirely our own fault that we're in this position.我们到了这种地步完全是我们自己的错。 13. People had suffered through no fault of their own.人们无端遭受了苦难。 14. The fire investigators had said that the cause had been an electrical fault.火灾调查人员说, 引起火灾的原因是电气故障。 15. the San Andreas fault圣安德烈亚斯断层 16. There is still movement along the older faults in eastern California.加利福尼亚东部地区的老断层仍然有活动。 17. She committed two double faults in each of her first two service games.在头两个发球局中, 她每次都出现了两个双误。 18. Sixth went to John Marsden, who slipped down the line after three show jumps down and 21 time faults.约翰·马斯登位列第六, 他在3次跨越障碍后在终点线滑倒, 被扣21分。 19. Arko, in his only below-par performance, incurred 13 faults.阿尔科仅有一次发挥失常, 被罚13分。 20. He could never accept that he had been at fault.他怎么也接受不了是他自己的错。 21. Jefferson was generous to a fault.杰弗逊大方过了头。 22. They comprised a complex of Lower Palaeozoic rocks variously folded, faulted, or metamorphosed.它们由一个下古生界的岩石复合体构成, 有的被折叠, 有的产生了断层, 有的发生了变质。 23. It is hard to fault the way he runs his company.他经营自己公司的方法无可指摘。 24. I can't fault any of the players for effort and enthusiasm.所有球员都很努力、很热情, 我挑不出毛病。 25. When the following two French riders faulted, Ian moved into second.当随后的两名法国骑手出现失误时, 伊恩上升至第二位。 26. a performance which could not be faulted无可挑剔的演出 27. The acrobat deliberately faulted the performance once to make it look difficult.表演者故意把表演做错一次，以显得表演很难。 28. Her tongue stammered and faulted with rage.她讲话因生气而结结巴巴并出错。 29. my worst fault is impatience.我最大的缺点是没有耐心。 30. a fire caused by an electrical fault.电路故障引起的火灾。 31. the fault of the keen therapist is to start to intervene during the assessment phase.急于求成的治疗学家的错误就是在观察评估阶段就开始介入。 32. many people who get into debt do so through no fault of their own.许多债务人欠债并不是他们自身的错。 33. it was his fault she had died.她的死是他的错。 34. 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。 35. you cannot fault him for the professionalism of his approach.他的方法之专业，让人无可挑剔。 36. the people of Caesarea faulted greatly when they called King Herod a god.凯撒里亚人把希律王称为神是极大的错误。 37. rift valleys where the crust has been stretched and faulted.地壳拉伸断裂的地堑。 38. [as noun faulting]a complex pattern of faulting.复杂的断层构造。 39. we recover compensation from the person at fault.我们从过失方那儿获得赔偿。 40. he suspected that his calculator was at fault.他怀疑他的计算器出了错。 41. he finds fault with everything I do.他处处为难我。 42. you're kind, caring and generous to a fault.你宽厚、体贴、大方得过分了。 43. One of my faults is that I'm always late.我的缺点之一就是爱迟到。 44. The other driver was at fault -- he didn't stop at the traffic lights.错在另一个司机──他没有在红绿灯前停下来。 45. It was impossible to fault her English.她的英语无懈可击。 46. He loved her despite her many faults. [=failings]尽管她缺点很多，他却依然爱她。 47. Lack of courage is his worst fault.缺乏勇气是他最大的缺点。 48. "In spite of her faults, she's a loyal friend. = For all her faults, she's a loyal friend."她尽管有缺点，却是一个忠诚的朋友。 49. We discussed the book's strengths and faults. [=weaknesses]我们讨论了这本书的优缺点。 50. "If the book has a fault, it's that it's too long."要说这本书有什么不足的话，那就是太长了。 51. The accident was not her fault. [=she did not cause the accident; she should not be blamed for the accident]这次事故不是她的错。 52. It's all my fault. [=I am responsible]这都是我的错。 53. It's your own fault you missed that bus.错过了公共汽车，是你自己的责任。 54. "Through no fault of his own, he won't be able to attend the meeting."由于非个人原因，他将不能参加会议。 55. She committed too many faults to win the match.她发球失误过多，输掉了比赛。 56. Frequent earthquakes have occurred along the San Andreas fault.在沿圣安德列斯断层一带，地震频繁发生。 57. She's not at fault for the accident.她对这一事故不负责任。 58. It will be difficult to determine who's really at fault.难以确定谁真正负有责任。 59. generous to a fault [=very generous or too generous]过于慷慨 60. honest to a fault过于诚实 61. "a faultless [=perfect, flawless] performance"完美的表演 62. She performed faultlessly.她表演得无可挑剔。 63. One critic faulted the book as (being) too long.一位评论家批评此书过于冗长。 64. The truck driver was faulted for the accident.卡车司机因那起事故受到责备。 65. Many have faulted her for not acting sooner.很多人指责她反应不够迅速。 66. I can't fault him for trying to protect his family.我不能因他试图保护家人而指责他。