n.缺点;故障;过错;[地]断层
v.找 ... 错误
I like him despite his faults. 虽然他有很多缺点,我仍然喜欢他。
He has many faults, but vanity is not one of them. 他有很多缺点,但并没有虚荣心。
There is a fault in the electrical system. 电路系统出了故障。
It was not our fault that we were late. 这次迟到不是我们的错。
It's partly your fault. 一方面也是由于你的过错。
The Balcones Fault is the geological dividing line. 鲍尔肯断层是地理分界线。
用作动词 (v.)No one could fault his performance. 他的演出无懈可击.
短语at fault表示“不知所措的”,be at fault表示“出毛病”,in fault表示“有过失的”,to a fault表示“过分的”,注意不可与指“不好”的词连用,如careless。 She is cautious to a fault.她过分谨慎了。
find fault with表示“责备,挑剔”,属于固定搭配。 He found fault with my composition.他挑剔我的作文不好。
fault后可加that从句。 It was my fault that I had written the wrong address.写错了信的地址,那是我的错。
介词再加no fault of sb可表示为“不是某人的错”。 The cup broke through no fault of the girl.打碎杯子并不是这个女孩的错。
n.(名词)fault表示具体的“缺点,错误,缺陷,故障”时,可用作可数名词; 泛指抽象的“过失,过错”“责任”时,是不可数名词。
短语to a fault指好得过分以至于要变坏了,它常与正面意思的形容词或副词连用。
find fault with中的fault是不可数名词,表示“挑剔”,也可说find much fault with; find a fault〔faults〕 in中的fault是可数名词,表示“看出…的缺点”,也可说find many faults in。
fault可用作动词表示“发现某人〔某事物〕有错、有缺陷等”。例如:No one could fault his performance.他的演出无懈可击。