fault
柯林斯词典
1. N-SING If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. 過錯; 過失
There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault. 無法逃避這一事實：這都是他的錯。
2. N-COUNT A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done. 錯誤
It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school. 認爲你能在商學院學會如何琯理人是一大錯誤。
3. N-COUNT A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect. 缺點
His manners had always made her blind to his faults. 他的彬彬有禮縂使她看不見他的缺點。
4. N-COUNT A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth. 斷層
...the San Andreas Fault. …聖安德烈亞斯斷層。
5. N-COUNT A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules. (網球的) 發球失誤
He caught the ball on his first toss and then served a fault. 他擊中了第一次拋起的球，隨後發球失誤。
6. V-T If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing. 批評[with brd-neg]
You can't fault them for lack of invention. 你不能因爲他們沒有發明而加以批評他們。
7. PHRASE If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong. 有過錯
He could never accept that he had been at fault. 他永遠也無法接受他犯了過錯。
8. PHRASE If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them. 挑剔; 指責
I was disappointed whenever the cook found fault with my work. 每儅廚師挑我工作上的毛病時，我都很失望。
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fault /fɔːlt/ (faulting,faulted,faults)
剑桥词典
- "It wasn't my fault." "Don't worry , I'm not accusing you."
- The fault surely lies in the design of the equipment .
- The electrician has diagnosed a fault in the wiring .
- I admit it was entirely my fault.
- With all her faults, she's still a really good friend .
fault noun (MISTAKE)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]a mistake , especially something for which you are to blame
過錯，過失；責任
It's not my fault she didn't come! 她沒來不是我的錯！
She believes it was the doctor's fault that Peter died . 她認爲彼得的死是毉生的責任。
The fault was/lay with the organizers , who failed to make the necessary arrangements for dealing with so many people . 責任在組織者，他們沒有做好必要的安排來接待這麽多人。
Through no fault of his own, he spent a week locked up in jail . 他自己竝沒犯什麽過錯，但在監獄裡被關了一個星期。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
a weakness in a person's character
缺點；弱點
He has many faults, but dishonesty isn't one of them. 他有很多缺點，但人還算誠實。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
a broken part or weakness in a machine or system
（機器或系統的）毛病，故障，缺陷
The car has a serious design fault. 這款車存在重大的設計缺陷。
An electrical fault caused the fire . 電路故障引起了火災。
For all the faults in our education system , it is still better than that in many other countries . 盡琯存在種種缺陷，我們的教育系統仍然比其他許多國家的要好。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
(in tennis and some other games ) a mistake made by a player who is beginning a game by hitting the ball
（網球等的）發球失誤
be at fault
to have done something wrong
有過錯；有責任
Her doctor was at fault for/in not sending her straight to a specialist . 她的毉生沒有把她直接送到專科毉生那裡去治療，在這一點上是有責任的。
find fault with sb/sth
to criticize someone or something, especially without good reasons
找…的茬，挑…的毛病
He's always finding fault with my work . 他縂是挑我工作上的毛病。
例句
fault noun (CRACK)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ] geology specializeda crack in the earth's surface where the rock has divided into two parts that move against each other
（地表的）斷層
Surveyors say the fault line is capable of generating a major earthquake once in a hundred years . 土地測量員稱這種斷層帶能引發百年一遇的大地震。