fault
US: /ˈfɔɫt/
UK: /fˈɒlt/
UK: /fˈɒlt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
fault /fɔ:lt/
- danh từ
- sự thiếu sót; khuyết điểm
- điểm lầm lỗi; sự sai lầm
- tội lỗi (trách nhiệm về một sai lầm)
- the fault was mine: lỗi ấy là tại tôi
- who is in fault?: ai đáng chê trách?
- sự để mất hơi con mồi (chó săn)
- to be at fault: mất hơi con mồi (chó săn); đứng lại ngơ ngác (vì mất hơi con mồi; (nghĩa bóng) ngơ ngác)
- (địa lý,ddịa chất) phay, đứt đoạn
- (điện học) sự rò, sự lạc
- (kỹ thuật) sự hỏng, sự hư hỏng
- (thể dục,thể thao) sự giao bóng nhầm ô; quả bóng giao nhầm ô (quần vợt)
- to a fault
- vô cùng, hết sức, quá lắm
- to find fault with
- không vừa ý, phàn nàn; chê trách; bới móc
- with all faults
- (thương nghiệp) hư hỏng, mất mát người mua phải chịu
- ngoại động từ
- chê trách, bới móc
- chê trách, bới móc
- nội động từ
- có phay, có đứt đoạn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
responsibility
1 [U] ~ (that ...)
~ (for doing sth) the responsibility for sth wrong that has happened or been done: It was his fault that we were late. + Why should I say sorry when it's not my fault? + It's nobody's fault. + It's your own fault for being careless. + Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own. + I think the owners are at fault (= responsible) for not warning us. + He believes that the product's poor image is partly the fault of the press.
in sb's character
2 [C] a bad or weak aspect of sb's character: He's proud of his children and blind to their faults. + I love her for all her faults (= in spite of them). + I think my worst fault is impatience.
sth wrong
3 [C] something that is wrong or not perfect with sth; something that is wrong with a machine or system that stops it from working correctly: The book's virtues far outweigh its faults. + The system, for all its faults, is the best available at the moment. + a major fault in the design + a structural / an electrical fault
in tennis
4 [C] a mistake made when SERVING: He has served a number of double faults in this set.
geology
5 [C] a place where there is a break that is longer than usual in the layers of rock in the earth's CRUST: the San Andreas fault + a fault line
Idioms: to a fault (written) used to say that sb has a lot, or even too much, of a particular good quality: She is generous to a fault.
more at FIND v.
+ verb [VN] (often used in negative sentences with can and could) to find a mistake or a weakness in sb/sth
Synonym: CRITICIZE
Her colleagues could not fault her dedication to the job. + He had always been polite-she couldn't fault him on that.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 imperfection, flaw, defect, blemish, deficiency, shortcoming, failing, weakness; frailty, foible, peccadillo:
The fault lies in this circuit. Using filthy language is only one of his faults.
2 mistake, error, blunder, lapse, failure, offence, oversight, slip(-up), indiscretion, gaffe, gaucherie, faux pas, Slang boner, howler, goof, boo-boo, Brit boob:
People should be responsible for their faults. There are many faults in this manuscript.
3 responsibility, liability, culpability; blame, accountability, answerability:
It wasn't my fault that the tree fell down. The fault lies with you, James.
4 sin, transgression, trespass, misdeed, offence, misdemeanour, vice, indiscretion, misconduct, misbehaviour:
He will confess his faults to anyone who will listen.
5 at fault. to blame, blameable, blameworthy, in the wrong, responsible, answerable, accountable, liable, culpable, guilty:
You were at fault for failing to report the crime.
6 find fault. criticize, censure, take exception (to), carp (at), cavil (at), pick at, pick on, pick apart, pick holes in, niggle, fuss, Colloq nit-pick, knock:
She constantly finds fault with everything I do.
7 to a fault. excessively, extremely, to an extreme, in the extreme, unreasonably, exceedingly, unduly, disproportionately, immoderately, irrationally, US overly:
She is modest to a fault.
v.
8 find fault with, censure, blame, criticize, call to account, impugn, call into question, hold (someone) responsible or accountable or to blame, lay at (someone's) door, accuse:
You cannot be faulted for not knowing the fuel tank was empty.
Collocation dictionary
1 responsibility for sth wrong
ADJ.
stupid
It's his own stupid fault his car was stolen?he should have kept it locked.
FAULT + VERB
lie with sb
The fault lay not with her but with her manager.
PREP.
at ~
The party at fault in a court case usually pays the other party's legal costs.
| through sb's ~
Many of the soldiers died through his fault.
| without ~
Having made an error of judgement she was not without fault in the matter.
PHRASES
be all/entirely your (own) fault
It's all your own fault, you know.
| be largely/partly your (own) fault, be hardly your (own) fault, fault on sb's part
(law) the absence of fault on the part of the prosecution
| through no fault of your own
helping people who, through no fault of their own, have lost their homes
2 weakness in sb's character
ADJ.
great
Her great fault was that she thought too well of herself.
| moral
VERB + FAULT
have
We all have our faults.
| be blind to, overlook
He is blind to his son's faults. She was prepared to overlook his faults.
PREP.
~ in
Incorrectness in speech was considered a great fault in a gentleman.
PHRASES
for all sb's faults
For all her faults (= in spite of her faults)she was a great woman.
| to a fault
He is generous to a fault (= very generous and perhaps too generous).
3 sth wrong or not perfect with sth
ADJ.
bad, major, serious | basic
There is a basic fault in the design of the engine. It cannot be fixed.
| dangerous | minor | common
a common fault with this type of machine
| real
The only real fault of the book is its looseness of structure.
| obvious | possible | design | technical | electrical, engine, mechanical, structural
Of course, minor mechanical faults sometimes occur.
VERB + FAULT
have
The engine has a serious fault.
| develop
The car soon developed another fault.
| look for | diagnose, discover, find, identify, locate
They've found a major fault with the electrical system. When she tested the recorder she could find no fault with it.
| find, pick
My mother did nothing but find fault with my schoolboy manners. He's deliberately picking fault with the meal to get a reduction on the bill.
| correct, fix, rectify, repair
trying to correct the faults in the program
| report
You should report any fault directly to the phone company.
FAULT + VERB
occur | lie in sth
The fault lay in the structure of the economy.
FAULT + NOUN
detection, diagnosis, finding
PREP.
~ in
Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.
| ~ with
She was always finding fault with his manners.
PHRASES
for all its faults
For all its faults (= in spite of the faults), we love this city.
4 in tennis
ADJ.
double | foot
VERB + FAULT
serve
Even tennis champions sometimes serve double faults.
5 geology
ADJ.
geological
FAULT + NOUN
line | scarp | system, zone
Concise English dictionary
faults|faulted|faultingfɔːlt
noun
+responsibility for a bad situation or event
+(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
+the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
+a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
+an imperfection in a device or machine
+(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
+(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
verb
+put or pin the blame on
