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🔑 fault BrE /fɔːlt / NAmE /fɔːlt / noun ➤ responsibility 责任 🔑 [ U ] the responsibility for sth wrong that has happened or been done ◆ Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault ? ◆ It's nobody's fault . ◆ ~ (that… )It was his fault that we were late . ◆ ~ (for doing sth )It's your own fault for being careless . ◆ Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own . ◆ I think the owners are at fault (= responsible for not warning us . ➤ in sb's character 人品 🔑 [ C ] a bad or weak aspect of sb's character SYN shortcoming ◆ He's proud of his children and blind to their faults . ◆ I love her for all her faults (= in spite of them . ➤ sth wrong 错事 🔑 [ C ] something that is wrong or not perfect ; something that is wrong with a machine or system that stops it from working correctly SYN defect ◆ The book's virtues far outweigh its faults . ◆ The system , for all its faults , is the best available at the moment . ◆ a major fault in the design ◆ a structural fault ◆ an electrical fault ➤ in tennis 网球 [ C ] a mistake made when serving ◆ He has served a number of double faults in this set . ➤ geology 地质 [ C ] a place where there is a break that is longer than usual in the layers of rock in the earth's crust ◆ the San Andreas fault ◆ a fault line ● to a ˈfault used to say that sb has a lot , or even too much , of a particular good quality ◆ She is generous to a fault . ● find fault (with sb /sth )to look for and discover mistakes in sb /sth ; to complain about sb /sth 🔑 fault BrE /fɔːlt / NAmE /fɔːlt / verb present simple - I / you / we / they fault BrE /fɔːlt / NAmE /fɔːlt / present simple - he / she / it faults BrE /fɔːlts / NAmE /fɔːlts / past simple faulted BrE /ˈfɔːltɪd / NAmE /ˈfɔːltɪd / past participle faulted BrE /ˈfɔːltɪd / NAmE /ˈfɔːltɪd / -ing form faulting BrE /ˈfɔːltɪŋ / NAmE /ˈfɔːltɪŋ / ~ sb /sth (often used in negative sentences with can and could 常与 can 和 could 连用于否定句 to find a mistake or a weakness in sb /sth SYN criticize ◆ Her colleagues could not fault her dedication to the job . ◆ He had always been polite —she couldn't fault him on that .
