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GRE 蓝宝 Barron

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GRE 红宝书

• n. 拖债, 未履行的责任
• ［英］ n. 拖债, 未履行的责任 ( failure to pay money due)
• ［记］ ( 分割记忆) : de+fault ( 错误) -> 错误下去 -> 拖债
• ［同］ n. defaulter

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English defaute, defaulte, from Anglo-French, from defaillir to be lacking, fail, from de- + faillir to fail
• Date: 13th century
• 1. failure to do something required by duty or law ; neglect
• 2. archaic fault
• 3. a failure to pay financial debts
• 4.
  • a. failure to appear at the required time in a legal proceeding
  • b. failure to compete in or to finish an appointed contest <lost the game by default>
• 5.
  • a. a selection made usually automatically or without active consideration due to lack of a viable alternative <remained the club's president by default>
  • b. a selection automatically used by a computer program in the absence of a choice made by the user

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to fail to fulfill a contract, agreement, or duty: as
    • a. to fail to meet a financial obligation <default on a loan>
    • b. to fail to appear in court
    • c. to fail to compete in or to finish an appointed contest; also to forfeit a contest by such failure
  • 2. to make a default selection <the program defaults to a standard font>
• transitive verb
  • 1. to fail to perform, pay, or make good
  • 2.
    • a. forfeit
    • b. to exclude (a player or a team) from a contest by default
• ? defaulter noun

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