fault

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(rèn)爲(wèi)你能在商學(xué)院學(xué)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(wǎng)球的) 發(fā)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(fā)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(wèi)他們沒有發(fā)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(yuǎn)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(zé)

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。