| 释义 |
Noun: fault folt- A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
"I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
- mistake, error - An imperfection in an object or machine
- defect, flaw - The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
"he knew his own faults much better than she did"
- demerit - (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"
- faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break - (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" - Responsibility for a bad situation or event
"it was John's fault" - (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
"he served too many double faults"
Verb: fault folt- Put or pin the blame on
- blame
Derived forms: faulted, faulting, faults See also: faulty Type of: accuse, breakdown, charge, cleft, crack, crevice, equipment failure, fissure, imperfection, imperfectness, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, responsibility, responsibleness, scissure, serve, service, worth Encyclopedia: Fault |