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1. 责任;过失;过错
If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it.
2. 错误;失误
A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.
3. 缺点;毛病
A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.
4. (无可)挑剔，找茬儿，指责
If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing.
5. (地壳的)断层
A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.
6. (网球的)发球失误
A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.
7. 有过错;有责任
If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong.
8. 挑剔;找茬儿;指责
If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.
9. (好得)过分，过头
If you say that someone has a particular good quality to a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary.
1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
e.g. he made a bad mistake
she was quick to point out my errors
I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
2. (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
e.g. he served too many double faults
3. responsibility for a bad situation or event
e.g. it was John's fault
4. the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
e.g. they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
he knew his own faults much better than she did
Synonym: demerit
5. (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
e.g. it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it
6. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
e.g. they built it right over a geological fault
he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
Synonym: faultinggeological faultshiftfracturebreak
7. an imperfection in an object or machine
e.g. a flaw caused the crystal to shatter
if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer