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单词 fault line
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Word forms: plural fault lines
1. countable noun
A fault line is a long crack in the surface of the earth. Earthquakes usually occur along fault lines.
2. countable noun
A fault line in a system or process is an area of it that seems weak and likely to cause problems or failure.
These issues have created a stark fault line within the Peace Process.

fault line in American English

1.  Geology
the line formed along the surface of the ground by a fault
2. 
any division or rift, as based on philosophical, religious, or ethnic differences, that is perceived as leading inevitably to violent confrontation

Examples of 'fault line' in a sentence
fault line

When leaders crack because of stress they crack down predetermined fault lines.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Of course, potential fault lines are more likely to be exposed against stronger opposition.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A fault line crack in the American system had been torn wide open.
The Sun (2012)
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