| 单词 | default |
| 释义 | default (once / 836 pages) 1n 2nv As a setting, a default is automatic. You weren't sure why your new TV kept returning to the factory defaults until you realized you were sitting on the remote. Default can also refer to a lack of other options. You shop at Green's by default; it's the only grocery store in town. Default is also a failure to pay a financial obligation. The number of loan defaults was down this month. As a verb, it means "to fail to pay." Your credit score will go down if you default on a loan. WORD FAMILYdefault: defaulted, defaulter, defaulting, defaults+/defaulter: defaulters USAGE EXAMPLESWhiteness is default, it’s ubiquitous and it’s insidious. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Absorption in a state of distraction, the default mode in the digital era, is both method and message. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) As with Amazon, Google offers a way to delete history data, but otherwise keeps everything by default. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 n an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified 2Syn|Hyper default option alternative, choice, option one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen 1n loss due to not showing up he lost the game by default Hyper loss the act of losing someone or something absencefailure to be present 2n loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper nonpayment, nonremittal payment a sum of money paid or a claim discharged delinquency nonpayment of a debt when due financial loss loss of money or decrease in financial value 3n act of failing to meet a financial obligation Syn|Hyper nonpayment, nonremittal failure an act that fails 4v fail to pay up Syn|Ant|Hyper default on ante up, pay, pay up cancel or discharge a debt fail, neglect fail to do something; leave something undone |
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