名詞 fault:

1. responsibility for a bad situation or event
2. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
   同義詞：faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
3. the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
   同義詞：demerit
4. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
   同義詞：mistake, error
5. an imperfection in a device or machine
   同義詞：defect, flaw
6. (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
7. (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)

動詞 fault:

1. put or pin the blame on
   同義詞：blame

1. He has many faults, but vanity is not one of them.
   他有很多缺點，但并沒有虛榮心。
2. It was not our fault that we were late.
   這次遲到不是我們的錯。
3. My memory was at fault.
   我記錯了。
4. There are several faults in the page of figures.
   那一頁的數(shù)字中有幾個差錯。
5. My father is always finding fault with the way I do things.
   我父親總是對我做事的方式百般挑剔。

fault

n.（名詞）

A character weakness, especially a minor one.
不足：性格上的弱點，尤指小弱點
Something that impairs or detracts from physical perfection; a defect.
缺陷：身體完美狀態(tài)上的損害或損傷；缺陷
A mistake; an error.
謬誤；差錯
A minor offense or misdeed.
過失：小過失或不良行為
Responsibility for a mistake or an offense; culpability.
過錯，責任：對錯誤或過失的責任；有罪
Geology A fracture in the continuity of a rock formation caused by a shifting or dislodging of the earth`s crust, in which adjacent surfaces are differentially displaced parallel to the plane of fracture.Also called shift
【地質學】 斷層：由于地殼的變動或移動而引起的在巖石構成連續(xù)性上的破裂，伴之以裂縫的一邊相對于另一邊的錯位也作 shift
Electronics A defect in a circuit or wiring caused by imperfect connections, poor insulation, grounding, or shorting.
【電子學】 電路故障：由于電線交叉、接地、斷路或絕緣失效而造成的電路故障點
Sports A bad service, as in tennis.
【體育運動】 在網(wǎng)球中傳球失誤
Obsolete A lack or deficiency.
【廢語】 缺乏，不足
v.（動詞）
fault.ed,fault.ing,faults
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To find error or defect in; criticize or blame.
發(fā)現(xiàn)錯誤或缺點；批評或指責
Geology To produce a fault in; fracture.
【地質學】 產(chǎn)生斷層；斷裂
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To commit a mistake or an error.
找錯誤，挑剔
Geology To shift so as to produce a fault.
【地質學】 變動從而產(chǎn)生斷層

<習慣用語>at fault
Deserving of blame; guilty:
該受責備的；有罪的：
例句：
admitted to being at fault.
承認有罪

Confused and puzzled.
混亂的，迷惑的
find fault
To seek, find, and complain about faults; criticize:
挑錯，找錯：尋找、發(fā)現(xiàn)和抱怨錯處；批評：
例句：
found fault with his speech.
挑他演講的錯

to a fault
To an excessive degree:
過度地：
例句：
generous to a fault.
過度慷慨

來源：
Middle English faulte
中古英語 faulte
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Vulgar Latin *fallita
源自 俗拉丁語 *fallita
feminine past participle of Latin fallere [to deceive, fail]
拉丁語 fallere的陰性過去分詞 [欺騙，失敗]

<參考詞匯><同義詞>fault,failing,weakness,frailty,foible,viceThese nouns denote an imperfection or deficiency of character. A
這些名詞表示品質的不完美和缺陷。
fault is a quality or trait that detracts from moral excellence:
Fault 指品德或品質違反道德：
例句：
.If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. (La Rochefoucauld). A
.如果我們自己沒有罪過，我們就不會樂于注意別人的罪過. （拉·羅開?？嫉拢?/br>
failing is a minor fault or shortcoming:
Failing 指小錯或缺點：
例句：
.An inability to stay quiet . . . is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind. (Walter Bagehot).
.不能安于現(xiàn)狀…是人類最顯著的缺點. （瓦特·白哲特）。

Weakness suggests deficiency of moral strength or force of character:
Weakness 指缺乏道德力量或性格力量：
例句：
.We must touch his weaknesses with a delicate hand.There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence, that we can scarce weed out the fault without eradicating the virtue. (Oliver Goldsmith).The term is related to but stronger thanfrailty, which implies the likelihood of yielding to temptation:
.我們必須用巧妙的手腕抓住他的弱點。有許多弱點近似于優(yōu)點，使我們很難消除弱點而同時不根除美德. （奧利佛·戈德史密斯）。這個詞與frailty 有關但又比它強烈，指向脾氣屈服：

例句：
.Our frailties are invincible, our virtues barren. (Robert Louis Stevenson).Even weaker in imputing censure isfoible, which refers to a minor defect that is easily overlooked and may even be endearing:
.我們的錯誤看不到，我們的美德貧乏. （羅伯特·路易斯·斯蒂文森）。指責語氣更弱的是foible， 它指易被忽視并有可能被人喜愛的小毛?。?

例句：
.Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. (Sydney Smith).
.科學是他的長處，而無所不知則是他的小缺點. （西德尼·史密斯）。

Vice in this comparison refers to a moral flaw or in a weaker sense to a defect of character:
Vice 在比較中指道德缺點或對性格弱點的較微弱感覺：
例句：
.Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!. (Shakespeare).
.老天爺，老天爺，我們的老人們對說謊的缺點是多么主觀呀!. （莎士比亞）。

例句：
.Obstinacy, Sir, is certainly a great vice. (Edmund Burke).See also Synonyms at blame ,blemish
.先生，頑固當然是一個大缺點. （愛德蒙·伯克）參見同義詞 blame,blemish