Fault



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• n. 错误, ( 地质学) 断层
• ［类］ foible : fault / quibble : objection ( 程度: 小缺点缺点 / 轻微反对反对) impeccable : fault / unblemished : imperfection ( 无缺陷的无缺陷 / 无瑕的无瑕疵)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English faute, falte, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *fallita, from feminine of fallitus, past participle of Latin fallere to deceive, disappoint
• Date: 13th century
• 1. obsolete lack
• 2.
  • a. weakness, failing; especially a moral weakness less serious than a vice
  • b. a physical or intellectual imperfection or impairment ; defect
  • c. an error especially in service in a net or racket game
• 3.
  • a. misdemeanor
  • b. mistake
• 4. responsibility for wrongdoing or failure <the accident was the driver's fault>
• 5. a fracture in the crust of a planet (as the earth) or moon accompanied by a displacement of one side of the fracture with respect to the other usually in a direction parallel to the fracture
• Synonyms:
  • fault, failing, frailty, foible, vice mean an imperfection or weakness of character. fault implies a failure, not necessarily culpable, to reach some standard of perfection in disposition, action, or habit <a writer of many virtues and few faults>. failing suggests a minor shortcoming in character<being late is a failing of mine>. frailty implies a general or chronic proneness to yield to temptation<human frailties>. foible applies to a harmless or endearing weakness or idiosyncrasy<an eccentric's charming foibles>. vice can be a general term for any imperfection or weakness, but it often suggests violation of a moral code or the giving of offense to the moral sensibilities of others<compulsive gambling was his vice>.

II. verb

• Date: 15th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to commit a fault ; err
  • 2. to fracture so as to produce a geologic fault
• transitive verb
  • 1. to find a fault in <easy to praise this book and to fault it — H. G. Roepke>
  • 2. to produce a geologic fault in
  • 3. blame, censure <can't fault them for not coming>

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