- A fault is an error caused by ignorance, bad judgment or inattention. If you're a passenger, it might be your fault that your friend missed the exit, if you were supposed to be watching for it, not sleeping.
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- n. 过错，责任；缺点；毛病
- vt. 挑剔
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1. Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault?
不是我的错为什么要我道歉？
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2. It's nobody's fault.
谁都没有错。
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3. It was his fault that we were late.
我们迟到责任在他。
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4. It's your own fault for being careless.
你粗心大意是你自己的过失。
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5. 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。
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6. a major fault in the design
设计中的一个重大失误
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7. He had always been polite—she couldn't fault him on that.
他总是彬彬有礼，在这方面她对他无可指摘。
- fault (n.) late 13c., faute, "deficiency," from Old French faute, earlier falte, "opening, gap; failure, flaw, blemish; lack, deficiency" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *fallita "a shortcoming, falling," from Latin falsus "deceptive, feigned, spurious," past participle of fallere "deceive, disappoint" (see fail (v.)).
- fault (v.) "find fault with," mid-15c. from fault (n.). Earlier it was used in an intransitive sense of "be deficient" (late 14c., Scottish). Related: Faulted; faulter; faulting.
fault ★ / fɔːlt ; NAmE fɔːlt / noun , verb fault faults faulted faulting noun ★ responsibility 责任 1 ★ [uncountable ] the responsibility for sth wrong that has happened or been done 责任；过错；过失 ◆ 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。 fault(that…) ◆ It was his faultthat we were late. 我们迟到责任在他。 fault(for doing sth) ◆ It's your own faultfor 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。 in sb's character 人品 2 ★ [countable ] a bad or weak aspect of sb's character 弱点；缺点 SYN shortcoming ◆ 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。 sth wrong 错事 3 ★ [countable ] something that is wrong or not perfect; something that is wrong with a machine or system that stops it from working correctly 缺陷；毛病；故障 SYN defect ◆ 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 in tennis 网球 4 [countable ] a mistake made when serving 发球失误 ◆ He has served a number of double faultsin this set. 他在这盘发球出现了一些双误。 geology 地质 5 [countable ] a place where there is a break that is longer than usual in the layers of rock in the earth's crust （地壳岩层的）断层 ◆ the San Andreas fault 圣安德烈亚斯断层 ◆ a fault line 断层线 IDIOM to a ˈfault used to say that sb has a lot, or even too much, of a particular good quality （良好品质）过分，过度 ◆ She is generous to a fault. 她过分慷慨。 ☞more at find v. verb faultsb/sth ( often used in negative sentences with canand could 常与 can 和 could 连用于否定句 ) to find a mistake or a weakness in sb/sth 发现错误；找出缺点 SYN criticize ◆ Her colleagues could not fault her dedication to the job. 她的同事认为她的敬业精神是无可挑剔的。 ◆ He had always been polite—she couldn't fault him on that. 他总是彬彬有礼，在这方面她对他无可指摘。 fault / fɔːlt ; NAmE fɔːlt /
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