英 [ˈfɔːltɪŋ] 美 [ˈfɔːltɪŋ]
n. [地质]断层作用；断层错动；故障
v. 挑剔；指责；做错（fault 的 ing 形式）
fault /fɔːlt/ CET4 TEM4 [ faulting faulted faults ]
单数型名词 If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it. 过错; 过失
There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault.
无法逃避这一事实：这都是他的错。
可数名词 A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done. 错误
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。
可数名词 A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect. 缺点
His manners had always made her blind to his faults.
他的彬彬有礼总使她看不见他的缺点。
可数名词 A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth. 断层
...the San Andreas Fault.
…圣安德烈亚斯断层。
可数名词 A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules. (网球的) 发球失误
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。
及物动词 If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing. 批评
You can't fault them for lack of invention.
你不能因为他们没有发明而加以批评他们。
习语 If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong. 有过错
He could never accept that he had been at fault.
他永远也无法接受他犯了过错。
习语 If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them. 挑剔; 指责
I was disappointed whenever the cook found fault with my work.
每当厨师挑我工作上的毛病时，我都很失望。
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
he studied the faulting of the earth's crust
同义词： fault / geological fault / shift / fracture / break
断层-引用次数：29
But it is not sufficient to determine the time and magnitude of this inferred faulting event.
该组隐匿擦痕为汶川地震之前断层活动中形成的,但这还不足以推测上一次断层活动的时间和规模。
参考来源汶川地震地表破裂面形貌特征
块断作用
断层〔作用
断层作用
垂直错断
垂直错
断层作用
faulting 垂直错; 断层错动; 断层作用；断裂; 断裂运动; 挤压诱发逆断裂活动..
... faultingstress断裂应力 faulting断层作用；断裂 faultycomponent有毛病的组件 ...
... fault scarp断层崖 faulting断层〔作用〕；断裂〔作用〕 fault-line scarp断层线崖 ...
... fault scarp断层崖 faulting断层〔作用〕；断裂〔作用〕 fault-line scarp断层线崖 ...
faulty 有错误的；有缺点的
faultfinding 喜欢挑剔的
fault 故障；[地质] 断层；错误；缺点；毛病；（网球等）发球失误
faultfinder 挑剔；吹毛求疵的人
faultfinding 挑剔；吹毛求疵的行为
faultiness 不完善，可指责；有过失
fault 弄错；产生断层
fault （通常用于疑问句或否定句）挑剔
断层作用；[地质]断层错动；故障
挑剔；指责；做错（fault的ing形式）
As a result of crustal adjustments and faulting, the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean now connects to the Atlantic, opened, and water cascaded spectacularly back into the Mediterranean.
由于地壳调整和断层作用，直布罗陀海峡打开了，海水一举泻入地中海，十分壮观。直布罗陀海峡现在是地中海与大西洋的连接处。
The cascades of water from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean were not as spectacular as the crustal adjustments and faulting that occurred when the Strait of Gibraltar was connected to those seas.
从大西洋流向地中海的瀑布不像直布罗陀海峡连接那些海洋时发生的地壳调整和断层运动那样壮观。
Faulting messages or dropping them.
发现消息中的错误或者丢弃它们。
They first tried to blame the weather (lightning) before faulting the institute that designed the signalling.
In contrast, some Comrades are faulting KK for the reasons others now admire.
Clearly, there is a growing need to understand how ancient structures and monuments respond to faulting and ground shaking.
UNESCO: Tales set in Stone: learning from ancient earthquakes