Defect



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• n. 缺点, 瑕疵 v. 变节, 脱党
• ［英］ n. 缺点, 瑕疵 ( fault; flaw) ; v. 变节, 脱党 ( to forsake a party or cause)
• ［记］ de+fect ( 做) -> 没做好 -> 缺点
• ［例］ The traitor decided to defect .

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin defectus lack, from deficere to desert, fail, from de- + facere to do — more at do
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. an imperfection that impairs worth or utility ; shortcoming <the grave defects in our foreign policy>
  • b. an imperfection (as a vacancy or an unlike atom) in a crystal lattice
• 2. \［Latin defectus\］ a lack of something necessary for completeness, adequacy, or perfection ; deficiency <a hearing defect>

II. intransitive verb

• Etymology: Latin defectus, past participle of deficere
• Date: 1596
• 1. to forsake one cause, party, or nation for another often because of a change in ideology
• 2. to leave one situation (as a job) often to go over to a rival <the reporter defected to another network>
• ? defector noun

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