n.(名词)

1. 责任
2. 误差，错误，咎，过错，过失，罪过
3. （网球等）发球失误
4. 缺点，毛病，缺陷，瑕疵
5. （猎犬追捕猎物时）失去嗅迹
6. 【电】故障，漏电
7. 【地】断层

v.(动词)

1. 对…挑毛病，找…的缺点，找...的岔子，挑剔
2. 弄错，做错
3. 责难，责备，批评，非难，指责
4. 【地】产生断层，有断层余迹，在…产生断层，断裂
5. 发球出界，发球失误，犯规
6. 出差错，犯错误
7. 发现错误，找出缺点

n.(名词)

1. [C]缺点,缺陷,故障 imperfection or flaw
2. [U]过失,过错 (responsibility for a) mistake or offence

Noun:

1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;

   "he made a bad mistake"
   "she was quick to point out my errors"
   "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
   

2. an imperfection in an object or machine;

   "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"
   "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
   

3. the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection;

   "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"
   "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
   

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

   "they built it right over a geological fault"
   "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
   

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

   "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"
   

6. responsibility for a bad situation or event;

   "it was John's fault"
   

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

   "he served too many double faults"
   

Verb:

1. put or pin the blame on

1.责任;过失;过错
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...
这全是他的错，这是无法回避的事实。
e.g. A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through nofault of their own.
一些借款人会发现，他们还款遇到了麻烦，但根本不是由于自身的过失造成的。

2.错误;失误
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.
以为在商学院能学会如何管理人是一大错误。

3.缺点;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.
他的彬彬有礼总是使她对他的缺点视而不见。
e.g. ...a short delay due to a minor technicalfault...
一个技术上的小故障引起的短暂延误

4.(无可)挑剔，找茬儿，指责
If youcannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing.

fault是什么意思

e.g. You can'tfault them for lack of invention...
你不能因为他们缺乏创新就指责他们。
e.g. It is hard tofault the way he runs his own operation.
他经营自己公司的方式无可指摘。

5.(地壳的)断层
Afault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.

e.g. ...the San Andreasfault.
圣安德烈亚斯断层

6.(网球的)发球失误
Afault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.

7.有过错;有责任
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...
他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
e.g. There are no indications that standard security arrangements were atfault.
没有迹象表明例行的保安措施存在问题。

8.挑剔;找茬儿;指责
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.
每当厨师挑剔我干的活儿时，我都非常沮丧。

9.(好得)过分，过头
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.

fault

e.g. Jefferson was generous to afault...
杰斐逊大方得过了头。
e.g. Others will tell you that she is modest to afault, funny, clever and warm.
别人会告诉你她有趣、聪明又热情，谦逊得过了头。

1. 断层：第三种是板块边缘相互碰撞滑开,加利福尼亚的San Andreas 断层(fault)显示向北滑动的太平洋板块和向南滑动的北美板块. 可见,目前的大陆都是由一块被称为泛大陆(Pangea)的超级古陆分离形成的,大约在2亿年前分成两半,一半是Laurasia,

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2. 失误：醉失误与防范的认识与现状三、 麻醉失误的种类与原因四、 麻醉失误的防范措施五、 与麻醉失误与防范相关的医疗法规六、 由麻醉失误与防范到全面的医疗安全 一、 有关麻醉失误的一些概念和定义 失误(fault)英文解释为由于判断错误,

3. 错误：右图体现了错误(fault)在整个WCF异常处理过程中的流转. 在DispatchRuntime的初始化过程中,WCF会根据服务的描述创建一系列的DispatchOperation对象. DispatchOperation对象可以看成是某个服务操作在运行时的表示,

1. The roof collapsed because of a fault in the beams.
   房顶塌了,因为横梁有毛病。
2. With all his faults, he was still a good teacher.
   尽管有缺点,他仍不失为一名好老师。
3. Many schools have heeded the warnings and are working to correct their faults.
   许多学校已重视这些告诫,并正在着手改正他们的缺点。
4. For all her faults,Tallulah's friends tolerated and even adored her.
   尽管塔卢拉有缺点,她的朋友们却宽容她,甚至崇拜她。
5. He was in fault several times during his speech.
   他在发言中出了几次错。
6. Sloppiness is his greatest fault.
   草率是他最大的缺点。
7. His only fault is that he lacks experience.
   他唯一的缺点是缺少经验。
8. I can't find any fault in it.
   我找不出它有任何缺点。
9. Of her many faults, vanity is the greatest.
   虚荣是她许多缺点中最大的。
10. If these faults could be attended to, public transport in London could be very good.
    如果这些问题得到注意,那么伦敦的公共交通将会大为改观。
11. Send it back to the manufacturer if the machine develops the same fault.
    如果这台机器发生同样的故障,就把它退回到生产厂家。
12. I shall not bear with his fault.
    我不会宽容他的错误。
13. Yet the fault lies on him but in the system.
    但是错误的责任不在他,而在那种制度。
14. Whose fault is it that we are late?
    我们迟到是谁的过错?
15. The boss is an easy going person and apt to look over other's faults.
    老板很好相处,总是原谅别人的过错。
16. I told him whose fault it was.
    我告诉了他这是谁的过错。
17. It's your fault that she hasn't come to the party.
    她没来参加聚会是你的过错。
18. Every man has some faults.
    人孰无过。
19. faults are thick where love is thin.
    一朝情义淡,样样不顺眼。
20. The fault is on both sides.
    双方都有责任。
21. The fault lies with him, not with you.
    责任在他,而不在你。

at〔in〕 fault

有错,有责任; 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

过分地,过度地 excessively

• And, fault of novel germs, Mature the unfallen fruit.

  出自：R. W. Emerson

• He that marrieth another, faulteth against the former wife.

  出自：T. Cartwright

• Had I died for thee I had faulted more.

  出自：Browning

I like him despite his faults.

虽然他有很多缺点，我仍然喜欢他。

He has many faults, but vanity is not one of them.

他有很多缺点，但并没有虚荣心。

There is a fault in the electrical system.

电路系统出了故障。

It was not our fault that we were late.

这次迟到不是我们的错。

It's partly your fault.

一方面也是由于你的过错。

They built it right over a geological fault.

它正好建在一个地质断层上。

The Balcones fault is the geological dividing line.

鲍尔肯断层是地理分界线。

No one could fault his performance.

他的演出无懈可击.

The book's virtues far outweigh its faults.

这本书优点远远大于缺失。

The system, for all its faults , is the best available at the moment.

这个系统虽然缺点不少，却是现有最好的一个。

a major fault in the design

设计中的一个重大失误

a structural fault

结构缺陷

an electrical fault

电路故障

He has served a number of double faults in this set.

他在这盘发球出现了一些双误。

the San Andreas fault

圣安德烈亚斯断层

a fault line

断层线

She is generous to a fault.

她过分慷慨。

I love her for all her faults (= in spite of them) .

尽管她有这么多缺点，我还是爱她。

It's your own fault for being careless.

你粗心大意是你自己的过失。

Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own .

很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。

I think the owners are at fault (= responsible) for not warning us.

我认为业主没有提醒我们是有责任的。

He's proud of his children and blind to their faults.

他为孩子们感到自豪，对他们的缺点视而不见。

It was his fault that we were late.

我们迟到责任在他。

Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault ?

不是我的错为什么要我道歉？

It's nobody's fault.

谁都没有错。

I was disappointed whenever the cook found fault with my work.

每当厨师挑剔我干的活儿时，我都非常沮丧。

Jefferson was generous to a fault...

杰斐逊大方得过了头。

Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm.

别人会告诉你她有趣、聪明又热情，谦逊得过了头。

It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.

以为在商学院能学会如何管理人是一大错误。

His manners had always made her blind to his faults.

他的彬彬有礼总是使她对他的缺点视而不见。

...a short delay due to a minor technical fault...

一个技术上的小故障引起的短暂延误

You can't fault them for lack of invention...

你不能因为他们缺乏创新就指责他们。

It is hard to fault the way he runs his own operation.

他经营自己公司的方式无可指摘。

...the San Andreas fault.

圣安德烈亚斯断层

He could never accept that he had been at fault...

他怎么也无法承认是他的错。

There are no indications that standard security arrangements were at fault.

没有迹象表明例行的保安措施存在问题。

A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through no fault of their own.

一些借款人会发现，他们还款遇到了麻烦，但根本不是由于自身的过失造成的。

There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault...

这全是他的错，这是无法回避的事实。

n.(名词)

1. fault表示具体的“缺点,错误,缺陷,故障”时,可用作可数名词; 泛指抽象的“过失,过错”“责任”时,是不可数名词。
2. 短语to a fault指好得过分以至于要变坏了,它常与正面意思的形容词或副词连用。
3. find fault with中的fault是不可数名词,表示“挑剔”,也可说find much fault with; find a fault〔faults〕 in中的fault是可数名词,表示“看出…的缺点”,也可说find many faults in。

1. 短语at fault表示“不知所措的”，be at fault表示“出毛病”，in fault表示“有过失的”，to a fault表示“过分的”，注意不可与指“不好”的词连用，如careless。

   She is cautious to a fault.
   她过分谨慎了。

2. find fault with表示“责备，挑剔”，属于固定搭配。

   He found fault with my composition.
   他挑剔我的作文不好。

3. fault后可加that从句。

   It was my fault that I had written the wrong address.
   写错了信的地址，那是我的错。

4. 介词再加no fault of sb可表示为“不是某人的错”。

   The cup broke through no fault of the girl.
   打碎杯子并不是这个女孩的错。

n.(名词)

fault, defect

这两个词都有“缺点,缺陷”的意思。其区别是：

defect强调不影响全局,完美不足,而fault强调不十分严重,无伤大雅; 用于人时, defect多指人体器官上的缺陷,而fault多指道德行为的缺点; 用于物时, defect指易于察觉的缺陷, fault则指功能方面的缺陷。例如:

He has some defects in his eyesight.他的视力有缺陷。

I bought the cloth cheap because there is a small defect in it.这布我买得便宜,因为上面有个小疵点。

Snobbishness was his main fault.他的主要缺点是势利眼。

I don't mean to praise myself.I have my fault.我并不是要表扬自己,我也有我的过错。

His only fault is that he lacks ambition.他唯一缺点就是没有雄心壮志。

This accident is due to a fault in the electrical circuit.这次事故是由电路故障引起的。

There is a fault in the machine.这机器有毛病。

fault, error, flaw, mistake

这四个词都有“缺点,错误”的意思。其区别是：

1.fault, flaw主要指“毛病,缺点”; mistake, error主要指“错误”。

2.fault多指性格、心智状态、情绪、行为或习惯中的“缺点”。例如:

The dean demands perfection in others, but cannot see faults in himself.系主任要求别人完美无缺,却看不到自己的缺点。

3.error可指任何错误,也可指笔误,印刷上或计算上的错误。例如:

Please pardon any error that you may discover in my letter.请原谅在我的信中你发现的一些错误。

This book contains a lot of printer's errors.这本书有很多印刷错误。

4.mistake指判断或理解方面的错误,或是由于缺乏思考或疏忽而造成的错误。例如:

I used your ink by mistake.我用错了你的墨水。

He made some spelling mistakes in his test paper.在考试试卷中,他犯了拼写错误。

• ☆ 13世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的faute，意为缺少；最初源自古典拉丁语的falsus，意为欺骗。