blunder/boob/botch/clanger/error/fallacy/fault/guilt/mistake.导航词义：错误

1. blunder:n. 大错.指由于愚蠢或疏忽大意等造成的错误。

She made a terrible blunder when introducing the girl to her husband.

她把那个女孩介绍给她丈夫是犯了一个极大的错误。

2. boob:n. 错误，过失.指因愚蠢的行为犯下的过错。

I made a boob throwing that document away.

我犯了个愚蠢的错误，把那份文件扔掉了。

3. botch:n. 拙劣的工作.主要指干得拙劣、一塌糊涂的活儿。

I tried to make a great meal but only made a botch of it.

我试图做顿大餐，可是搞砸了。

4. clanger:n. 失言；失礼；尴尬的错误.指愚蠢的或令人难堪的过错。

He realized that mentioning her ex-husband was a bit of clanger.

他意识到提及她的前夫有点儿冒失，令人尴尬。

5. error:n. 错误，谬误.可指任何错误，包括笔误、印刷错误或计算错误，常可与 mistake 换用。

The government has committed a serious error/mistake.

政府犯下了严重的错误。

There are too many errors/mistakes in your spelling.

你拼写错误太多。

This is a grammatical error/mistake.

这是一个语法错误。

6. fallacy:n. 谬论，谬见.尤指很多人持有的错误观点或想法。

There was once a popular fallacy that the world is flat.

人们曾经普遍误以为地球是平的。

7. fault:n. 缺点； 过错.表示“缺点，毛病”时为可数名词；表示“过失，过错”时为不可数名词。

He is still an excellent politician despite the faults he's committed.

尽管他犯过一些错误，他仍是一名出色的政治家。

The minister is quite satisfied with his secretary because he can find no fault with her work.

部长对他的秘书很满意，因为她的工作无可挑剔。

8. guilt:n. 责任，罪责.指对发生的坏事负有的责任。

The boy behaved badly, but in fact the guilt lay with his parents.

这个男孩表现很不好，但实际上责任在于其父母。

9. mistake:n. 错误，过失.指行为、看法、言辞等方面的错误。

I have made a mistake in grammar.

我犯了一个语法错误。

One silly mistake cost us the match.

一个愚蠢的错误使我们输掉了那场比赛。

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1·Now look here, it wasn't my fault.

喂，那不是我的错！《牛津词典》

2·That wasn't his fault, it was mine.

那不是他的错，是我的错。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·His worst fault was his inconsistency.

他的最大缺点就是反复无常。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

4·It's partly my fault.

在一定程度上是我的错。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·It's nobody's fault.

谁都没有错。《牛津词典》

6·The mechanic located the fault immediately.

机修工立即找到了出故障的地方。《牛津词典》

7·It wasn't your fault, John.—Whose, then?

“这并非你的错，约翰。”—“那么，是谁的呢？”《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

8·Don't get stroppy with me—it isn't my fault!

别冲我生气—这不是我的错！《牛津词典》

9·Don't be so heavy on her—it wasn't her fault.

别对她这么苛刻—这不是她的过错。《牛津词典》

10·The accident happened through no fault of mine.

发生事故并不是我的过错。《牛津词典》

故障

1·The mechanic located the fault immediately.

机修工立即找到了出故障的地方。《牛津词典》

2·The aircraft made an unscheduled landing at Logan after developing an electrical fault.

飞机发生电气故障后，临时在洛根着陆。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·An electrical fault caused the fire.

电路故障引起了火灾。

4·The cars had to be recalled due to an engine fault.

由于发动机故障，这些汽车必须召回。

5·Battery input is monitored and a fault signal becomes active when VBAT is out of its operative range.

当 VBAT 超出其工作范围时，将监视电池输入并激活故障信号。

错

1·Now look here, it wasn't my fault.

喂，那不是我的错！《牛津词典》

2·It's partly my fault.

在一定程度上是我的错。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·It's nobody's fault.

谁都没有错。《牛津词典》

4·It wasn't your fault, John.—Whose, then?

“这并非你的错，约翰。”—“那么，是谁的呢？”《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

5·Don't get stroppy with me—it isn't my fault!

别冲我生气—这不是我的错！《牛津词典》

过错

1·Don't be so heavy on her—it wasn't her fault.

别对她这么苛刻—这不是她的过错。《牛津词典》

2·The accident happened through no fault of mine.

发生事故并不是我的过错。《牛津词典》

3·The accident happened through no fault of her own.

这一事故的发生不是她本人的过错。《牛津词典》

4·I had the uncomfortable feeling that it was my fault.

我内心惴惴不安，觉得那是我的过错。《牛津词典》

5·Many people live in poverty through no fault of their own.

很多人生活贫困并非他们自己有什么过错。《牛津词典》

断层

1·Cascadia is what's known as a megathrust fault.

卡斯卡迪亚被称为“大型逆冲”断层。

2·What if the fault that runs along the Pacific Northwest delivers a gigantic earthquake of its own?

如果沿着太平洋西北部的断层本身也引发了一场巨大的地震呢？

3·Everyone has heard of the San Andreas fault, which constantly threatens California and the West Coast with earthquakes.

每个人都听说过圣安德列斯断层，它不断威胁着加州和西海岸的地震。

4·Everyone has heard of the San Andreas fault, which constantly threatens California and the West Coast with earthquakes.

每个人都听说过圣安德列斯断层，它不断威胁着加州和西海岸的地震。

5·Some geologists wondered whether the absence of friction-generated heat could be explained by the kinds of rock composing the fault.

一些地质学家想知道，是否可以用构成断层的岩石来解释没有摩擦产生的热量。

错误

1·The fault was discovered during a routine check.

这个错误是在一次常规检查中发现的。《牛津词典》

2·It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.

认为你能在商学院学会如何管理人是一大错误。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

3·To be angry is to punish yourself with the fault of others.

生气就是拿别人的错误惩罚你自己。

4·Not until they pointed out my fault to me did I realize it .

直到他们指出了我的错误，我才意识到。

5·This basic fault can produce a misleading sense of national economic health.

这一基本错误会产生对国民经济健康的误解。

过失

1·The awful thing is, it was my fault.

糟糕的是，这是我的过失。《牛津词典》

2·It's your own fault for being careless.

你粗心大意是你自己的过失。《牛津词典》

3·For in his history there is a fault, and my brother seemed to avoid everything which could remind him of it.

因为在他的历史里，有他的过失，我哥仿佛要避免一切可以使他回忆起那些事的话。

4·So her fault was now known to every one.

她的过失，到现在已是众所周知的了。

5·Any other causes arising without the fault of the carrier or his servant or agent.

非由于承运人或者承运人的受雇人、代理人的过失造成的其他原因。

缺点

1·His worst fault was his inconsistency.

他的最大缺点就是反复无常。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·Pinocchio's only fault was that he had too many friends.

皮诺乔唯一的缺点是，他结交的朋友太多了。

3·They are as exact as possible; there is not a fault in them, if they did not melt!

它们极其精巧；只要它们不融化，那它们就没有缺点！

4·Elizabeth: Because we're doing our best to find a fault in you.

伊丽莎白：嗯，是这样的，我们正试图找你的缺点。

5·Once they’re in a relationship, they’ll begin to find fault and start saying ‘Oh, he’s lazy/he’s fat/he’s broke’, then dump him.

一旦他们处于恋爱之中，她们会寻找对方的缺点，说到‘他太懒了/他太胖了/他太穷了’，接着就抛弃他。

失误

1·He caught the ball on his first toss and then served a fault.

他击中了第一次抛起的球，随后发球失误。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·The Irish collapse was the fault of crazy banks and a mania for property.

爱尔兰的崩溃则是由于银行的失误和对固定资产的狂热追逐。

3·The latest fault, though relatively small, comes at a bad time as the fourth quarter traditionally means strong growth in the wireless industry.

虽然这次失误相对来说并不大，但是却出现出现在错误的时间，第四季度正是无线通信行业传统的强势增长的时候。

4·The notice will explain that the delays are through no fault of the test taker.

该正式说明将解释延误并非由于考生的失误所致。

5·That was in part my fault. Apparently I had not been as clear with Arafat as I thought I had been about what the terms of staying on should be.

造成这一局面有我的失误，明显地，我没有明确告诉阿拉法特留下来谈判到底应该干什么。

毛病

1·You talk too much, that's your chief fault, and I'm trying to think, and you hurt my head.

你说得太多了，这是你的主要的毛病，我正在思考，你打断我的思路了。

2·These guys can find fault in anything you do.

这些人总能在你做的任何一件事上找到毛病。

3·This gives you the opportunity to correct the particular fault.

因为，它给你一个机遇来纠正这个特别的毛病。

4·Other passengers said they too had smelt burning, but this had been traced to a minor electrical fault on the plane.

其他乘客表示，他们都闻到了物体燃烧时的气味，但最后证实这是由于飞机上的一个小电器出了毛病。

5·When I think of him, I seriously can't find one fault in his ways.

当我想到他，认真讲起来，我甚至不能从他的身上找到一点小小的毛病。

(1)fault diagnosis故障诊断

(1)fault tree故障树；失效树

(1)fault zone断裂带；断层带，断层区

(1)fault detection故障检测；探伤

(1)fault block断块；故障闭塞；断裂地块

(1)in fault有过错