fault详尽意思

1. 责任
2. 误差，错误，咎，过错，过失，罪过
3. （网球等）发球失误
4. 缺点，毛病，缺陷，瑕疵
5. （猎犬追捕猎物时）失去嗅迹
6. 【电】故障，漏电
7. 【地】断层

1. 对…挑毛病，找…的缺点，找...的岔子，挑剔
2. 弄错，做错
3. 责难，责备，批评，非难，指责
4. 【地】产生断层，有断层余迹，在…产生断层，断裂
5. 发球出界，发球失误，犯规
6. 出差错，犯错误
7. 发现错误，找出缺点

1. [C]缺点,缺陷,故障 imperfection or flaw
2. [U]过失,过错 (responsibility for a) mistake or offence

1.责任;过失;过错
If a bad or undesirable situation is yourfault, you caused it or are responsible for it.

e.g. There was no escaping the fact: it was all hisfault...
这全是他的错，这是无法回避的事实。
e.g. A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through nofault of their own.
一些借款人会发现，他们还款遇到了麻烦，但根本不是由于自身的过失造成的。

2.错误;失误
Afault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.

e.g. It is a bigfault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.
以为在商学院能学会如何管理人是一大错误。

3.缺点;毛病
Afault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.

e.g. His manners had always made her blind to his faults.
他的彬彬有礼总是使她对他的缺点视而不见。
e.g. ...a short delay due to a minor technicalfault...
一个技术上的小故障引起的短暂延误

4.(无可)挑剔，找茬儿，指责
If youcannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing.

fault是什么意思

e.g. You can'tfault them for lack of invention...
你不能因为他们缺乏创新就指责他们。
e.g. It is hard tofault the way he runs his own operation.
他经营自己公司的方式无可指摘。

5.(地壳的)断层
Afault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.

e.g. ...the San AndreasFault.
圣安德烈亚斯断层

6.(网球的)发球失误
Afault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.

7.有过错;有责任
If someone or something isat fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong.

e.g. He could never accept that he had been atfault...
他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
e.g. There are no indications that standard security arrangements were atfault.
没有迹象表明例行的保安措施存在问题。

8.挑剔;找茬儿;指责
If youfind fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.

e.g. I was disappointed whenever the cook foundfault with my work.
每当厨师挑剔我干的活儿时，我都非常沮丧。

9.(好得)过分，过头
If you say that someone has a particular good qualityto a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary.

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e.g. Jefferson was generous to afault...
杰斐逊大方得过了头。
e.g. Others will tell you that she is modest to afault, funny, clever and warm.
别人会告诉你她有趣、聪明又热情，谦逊得过了头。

• admit one's fault承认错误
• attack sb's faults抨击某人的错误
• charge sb with a fault指责某人犯了过错
• correct one's fault改正缺点
• cover up a fault掩饰错误
• discover a fault发现毛病
• excuse a fault原谅错误
• find fault吹毛求疵
• lay one's fault on把错误归咎于
• mend one's fault改正缺点
• overlook a fault宽容错误
• pass over sb's faults没看出某人的错误
• punish a fault惩罚错误
• thrust the fault on another把错误推给别人

• common fault一般的错误,共同的毛病
• glaring fault大错,重大过失
• major fault大错误,主要错误
• serious fault严重错误

• a man of many faults缺点多的人

住宿登记

A：I'd like to check in, please.
我想登记办理住宿手续。

B：Awfully sorry, sir. There are no rooms available now.
非常抱歉，先生。现在没有空房了。

A：But I have reserved a room the day before yesterday.
但是我在前天已预定房间了。

B：Sorry. May I have your name?
对不起，请问您的名字。

A：Tom Wang.
汤姆，张。

B：Please wait a minute. Let me check. Excuse me, but I can't seem to find your name on our list. Are you sure you have a reservation for tonight?
请等一下，我来查下记录…对不起，先生，名册上找不到您的大名。您确定您约定了今晚的房间了吗？

A：Of course, I did it myself.
当然，我亲自预定的。

B：I'm terribly sorry. There must have been some mistakes. Let me check it again. Oh, yes. There is a name listed as Tom Huang. It must be thefault of the clerk who registered your name. I apologize.
太抱歉了。一定是除了什么错误。让我再查查…是的，这有一个登记的名字是"汤姆，黄"。一定是登记的职员在记录您的名字时出了错。我再次表示抱歉。

fault的意思

A：Don't worry about that.
没关系。

B：According to the records, your reservation is for a single room with shower and air conditioner for two nights. The room rate will be $110 per night, including 10% tax and 4% service charge. Is it right?
根据记录，您预定的是一个带有淋浴和空调的单人间，两个晚上。房费是每晚110美元，包括10%的税收和4%的服务费。对吗？

A：Yes, that's right. I'd like to pay my bill by credit card.
对。我用信用卡结帐。

B：May I take a print of your card?
我来打印一下信用卡的信息好吗？

A：Here you are.
好的。

B：OK. Now could you fill out this registration card?
现在请您填一下住宿登记表吧。

A：All right.
可以。

B：Your room number is 707. Here is your key. The bellhop will help you to carry the suitcases to your room.Have a nice evening.
您是在707房间，这是门钥匙。行李员会帮您把箱子送到房间。祝您晚安。

fault, defect

这两个词都有“缺点,缺陷”的意思。其区别是：

defect强调不影响全局,完美不足,而fault强调不十分严重,无伤大雅; 用于人时, defect多指人体器官上的缺陷,而fault多指道德行为的缺点; 用于物时, defect指易于察觉的缺陷, fault则指功能方面的缺陷。例如:

He has some defects in his eyesight.他的视力有缺陷。

I bought the cloth cheap because there is a small defect in it.这布我买得便宜,因为上面有个小疵点。

Snobbishness was his main fault.他的主要缺点是势利眼。

I don't mean to praise myself.I have my fault.我并不是要表扬自己,我也有我的过错。

His only fault is that he lacks ambition.他唯一缺点就是没有雄心壮志。

This accident is due to a fault in the electrical circuit.这次事故是由电路故障引起的。

There is a fault in the machine.这机器有毛病。

fault, error, flaw, mistake

这四个词都有“缺点,错误”的意思。其区别是：

1.fault, flaw主要指“毛病,缺点”; mistake, error主要指“错误”。

2.fault多指性格、心智状态、情绪、行为或习惯中的“缺点”。例如:

The dean demands perfection in others, but cannot see faults in himself.系主任要求别人完美无缺,却看不到自己的缺点。

3.error可指任何错误,也可指笔误,印刷上或计算上的错误。例如:

Please pardon any error that you may discover in my letter.请原谅在我的信中你发现的一些错误。

This book contains a lot of printer's errors.这本书有很多印刷错误。

4.mistake指判断或理解方面的错误,或是由于缺乏思考或疏忽而造成的错误。例如:

I used your ink by mistake.我用错了你的墨水。

He made some spelling mistakes in his test paper.在考试试卷中,他犯了拼写错误。