| 单词 | faulty |
| 释义 | faulty (once / 1690 pages) adj Something that's faulty is full of mistakes — it's wrong. Faulty logic often leads people to make terrible decisions, since they're based on an incorrect way of thinking. A faulty explanation is based on errors, and a faulty machine doesn't work the way it's supposed to. If your chocolate chip cookies keep coming out burned, your stove may be faulty — or you may be baking them too long. If your car's brakes are faulty, it won't stop as quickly as it should, and if your furnace is faulty, it will be a long, cold winter. Faulty and fail share a common Latin root word. WORD FAMILYfaulty: faultier, faultiest, faultily, faultiness+/fault: faulted, faulting, faultless, faults, faulty/faulting: faultings/faultless: faultlessly, faultlessness USAGE EXAMPLESBecky’s harshness toward herself is as faulty a self-perception as, say, a Dorothy Parker character intoxicated by her own beauty and refinement. The New Yorker(Jan 02, 2017) One place cancelled, another claimed last-minute construction work, and yet another discovered faulty electrical wiring that demanded sudden attention. The New Yorker(Dec 29, 2016) “One must not underestimate the risk to the euro of faulty budget discipline,” he told the German magazine WirtschaftsWoche in 2007. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj having a defect Syn defective imperfect not perfect; defective or inadequate 2adj characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules he submitted a faulty report Syn incorrect, wrong inaccurate not exact |
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