fault的讀音是：英[f?lt]。fault的詳盡釋義是n.(名詞)責任誤差，錯誤，咎，過錯，過失，罪過（網球等）發球失誤缺點，毛病，缺陷，瑕疵（獵犬追捕獵物時）失去嗅跡電故障，漏電地斷層。fault的意思是n.缺點；故障；過錯；[地]斷層；v.找 ... 錯誤。
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n.(名詞)責任誤差，錯誤，咎，過錯，過失，罪過（網球等）發球失誤缺點，毛病，缺陷，瑕疵（獵犬追捕獵物時）失去嗅跡電故障，漏電地斷層v.(動詞)對…挑毛病，找…的缺點，找...的岔子，挑剔弄錯，做錯責難，責備，批評，非難，指責地產生斷層，有斷層余跡，在…產生斷層，斷裂發球出界，發球失誤，犯規出差錯，犯錯誤發現錯誤，找出缺點二、雙解釋義
n.(名詞)[C]缺點,缺陷,故障 imperfection or flaw[U]過失,過錯 (responsibility for a) mistake or offence三、詞典解釋
1.責任;過失;過錯
If a bad or undesirable situation is yourfault, you caused it or are responsible for it.
e.g. There was no escaping the fact: it was all hisfault...
這全是他的錯，這是無法回避的事實。
e.g. A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through nofault of their own.
壹些借款人會發現，他們還款遇到了麻煩，但根本不是由於自身的過失造成的。
2.錯誤;失誤
Afault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.
e.g. It is a bigfault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.
以為在商學院能學會如何管理人是壹大錯誤。
3.缺點;毛病
Afault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.
e.g. His manners had always made her blind to his faults.
他的彬彬有禮總是使她對他的缺點視而不見。
e.g. ...a short delay due to a minor technicalfault...
壹個技術上的小故障引起的短暫延誤
4.(無可)挑剔，找茬兒，指責
If youcannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing.
fault是什麽意思
e.g. You can'tfault them for lack of invention...
妳不能因為他們缺乏創新就指責他們。
e.g. It is hard tofault the way he runs his own operation.
他經營自己公司的方式無可指摘。
5.(地殼的)斷層
Afault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.
e.g. ...the San AndreasFault.
聖安德烈亞斯斷層
6.(網球的)發球失誤
Afault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.
7.有過錯;有責任
If someone or something isat fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong.
e.g. He could never accept that he had been atfault...
他怎麽也無法承認是他的錯。
e.g. There are no indications that standard security arrangements were atfault.
沒有跡象表明例行的保安措施存在問題。
8.挑剔;找茬兒;指責
If youfind fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
e.g. I was disappointed whenever the cook foundfault with my work.
每當廚師挑剔我幹的活兒時，我都非常沮喪。
9.(好得)過分，過頭
If you say that someone has a particular good qualityto a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary.
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e.g. Jefferson was generous to afault...
傑斐遜大方得過了頭。
e.g. Others will tell you that she is modest to afault, funny, clever and warm.
別人會告訴妳她有趣、聰明又熱情，謙遜得過了頭。
四、例句
I like him despite his faults.
雖然他有很多缺點，我仍然喜歡他。
He has many faults, but vanity is not one of them.
他有很多缺點，但並沒有虛榮心。
There is a fault in the electrical system.
電路系統出了故障。
It was not our fault that we were late.
這次遲到不是我們的錯。
It's partly your fault.
壹方面也是由於妳的過錯。
They built it right over a geological fault.
它正好建在壹個地質斷層上。
The Balcones Fault is the geological dividing line.
鮑爾肯斷層是地理分界線。
No one could fault his performance.
他的演出無懈可擊.
五、常見句型
用作名詞(n.)The roof collapsed because of a fault in the beams.
房頂塌了,因為橫梁有毛病。With all his faults, he was still a good teacher.
盡管有缺點,他仍不失為壹名好老師。Many schools have heeded the warnings and are working to correct their faults.
許多學校已重視這些告誡,並正在著手改正他們的缺點。For all her faults,Tallulah's friends tolerated and even adored her.
盡管塔盧拉有缺點,她的朋友們卻寬容她,甚至崇拜她。He was in fault several times during his speech.
他在發言中出了幾次錯。Sloppiness is his greatest fault.
草率是他最大的缺點。His only fault is that he lacks experience.
他唯壹的缺點是缺少經驗。I can't find any fault in it.
我找不出它有任何缺點。Of her many faults, vanity is the greatest.
虛榮是她許多缺點中最大的。If these faults could be attended to, public transport in London could be very good.
如果這些問題得到註意,那麽倫敦的公***交通將會大為改觀。Send it back to the manufacturer if the machine develops the same fault.
如果這臺機器發生同樣的故障,就把它退回到生產廠家。I shall not bear with his fault.
我不會寬容他的錯誤。Yet the fault lies on him but in the system.
但是錯誤的責任不在他,而在那種制度。Whose fault is it that we are late?
我們遲到是誰的過錯?The boss is an easy going person and apt to look over other's faults.
老板很好相處,總是原諒別人的過錯。I told him whose fault it was.
我告訴了他這是誰的過錯。It's your fault that she hasn't come to the party.
她沒來參加聚會是妳的過錯。Every man has some faults.
人孰無過。Faults are thick where love is thin.
壹朝情義淡,樣樣不順眼。The fault is on both sides.
雙方都有責任。The fault lies with him, not with you.
責任在他,而不在妳。六、常用短語
用作名詞(n.)at〔in〕 fault有錯,有責任; 茫然,不知所措 responsible for a mistake; in the wrong
find fault with挑毛病,挑剔 be overcritical of; discover a flaw in
to a fault過分地,過度地 excessively
七、詞源解說
☆ 13世紀晚期進入英語，直接源自古法語的faute，意為缺少；最初源自古典拉丁語的falsus，意為欺騙。fault的相關近義詞
blemish、defect、flaw、imperfection、blame
fault的相關反義詞
correctness、merit、perfection、virtue
fault的相關臨近詞
faultless、faucet、faulted、faulting、faultage、faultful、faultily、fault tee、fault set、fault tag、fault arc、fault cut
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