1. | [u] 责任；过错；过失the responsibility for sth wrong that has happened or been done |
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。 | |
It was his fault that we were late. 我们迟到责任在他。 | |
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。 |
2. | [c] 弱点；缺点a bad or weak aspect of sb's character |
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。 | |
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。 |
3. | [c] 缺陷；毛病；故障something that is wrong or not perfect; something that is wrong with a machine or system that stops it from working correctly |
The book's virtues far outweigh its faults. 这本书优点远远大于缺点。 | |
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 |
4. | [c] 发球失误a mistake made when serving |
He has served a number of double faults in this set. 他在这盘发球出现了一些双误。 |
5. | [c] （地壳岩层的）断层a place where there is a break that is longer than usual in the layers of rock in the earth's crust |
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。 |
She is generous to a fault. 她过分慷慨。 |
