未能履行债务或负债的条件：指未能按照合同规定偿还债务或履行责任的情况。
fail to pay up
同义词： default
... 8、a portion of 一份 9、default on 拖欠… NIA预计在2011年将有许多高校发生债务违约。 ...
... 2. prepare for 为…做准备；筹备； 3. default on 不履行；未支付； 4. go to court （对…）提起诉讼； ...
... Bailout relief 紧急援助 Default on 无法偿还、违约 Bond yield 债券收益 ...
The company is in default on the loan.
这家公司拖欠借款。
They fear I will default on any business loan I'm given.
他们担心我会拖欠发放给我的一些商业贷款。
The corporation may be charged with default on its contract with the government.
该公司可能会被指控违反了与政府签订的合同。
The Greek government's near default on its loans triggered the financial crisis and also threatened the euro and countries using it.
VOA : standard.2010.06.16
And realize too, as we say on this home page here, by default, we anonomize you when you log into this bulletin board, whereby, you're all logged in as quote unquote students.
并且认识到，像我们说的这个主页，默认情况下，当你登陆这个电子公告牌，我们禁止你们，都匿名学生登陆。
计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
If you think of these kind of like trays in a cafeteria, right, that are kind of upside down, and by default, they're stacked from the floor on up and up and up.
如果你想象这种自助餐厅的托盘，对的，那有点混乱的，默认的，它们从地板开始往上堆起来。
计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
Opposition Republican leaders agree on the need to raise the borrowing limit by August second or risk the nation's first default.
VOA : special.2011.07.15
(JOSH BIRNBAUM) "Our desk began to accumulate short positions, purchasing protection on individual securities through credit default swaps, largely from external C.D.O.managers who asked us to bid for these positions."
VOA : special.2010.04.30
If you default on a home equity loan, the worst they can do is take your home.
Such a downdraft in the casino business would probably entail a default on its debts.
The notion that the U.S. is going to default on its debt is just irresponsible.