Word · Frequency #2076
fault
批评；指责；挑剔
to criticize or blame someone or something
- 1.
To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
批评、责备或挑剔某事或某人
- 2.
To fracture.
断裂
- 3.
To commit a mistake or error.
犯错误或失误
- 4.
To undergo a page fault.
发生页面错误
犯错误；出错；断裂；发生断层；发生缺页故障；批评、责备或挑剔某事或某人；断裂
In use
It's not fair to fault her for a minor error.
He is always faulting the way I cook.
The manager faulted the team for missing the deadline.
fault sb/sth
fault 作及物动词表示“批评、挑剔”，直接接被批评的对象。
He faults everyone but himself.
他挑剔所有人，却不挑剔自己。
fault sb for sth/doing sth
for 后接被责备的原因，可以是名词或动名词。
She faulted her assistant for missing the deadline.
她责备助手错过了截止日期。
cannot fault sb/sth
cannot fault 意为“无可挑剔”，用来表示高度认可。
I can't fault her dedication.
Connections
Collocations
- can't fault someone for something
- 不能因某事责怪某人
- I can't fault her for wanting to spend more time with her family.我不能因为她想多陪家人而责怪她。
- hard to fault
- 难以挑剔；无可指责
- Her performance was hard to fault.她的表现无可挑剔。
- be faulted for something
- 因某事受到批评
- The company was faulted for not responding to customer complaints quickly enough.这家公司因对客户投诉回应不够及时而受到批评。
- fault someone for something
- 因某事责怪某人
- Critics faulted the director for the film's slow pacing.影评人指责导演把电影节奏处理得太慢。
Idioms & figurative uses
- at fault
- 有责任；有错The driver was at fault for the accident.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：fault 有‘过失/裂缝’两层含义。别人挑剔你，是在找你的 fault（批评）；地壳断裂、程序出错也叫 fault。犯错就会挨批。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：everyday conversation and work feedback (criticizing/blaming)、geology and engineering (fracturing)、computing (page faults)、sports and games (making a mistake) fault 作动词时有多个含义：‘批评、挑剔’多用于日常交流和工作评价；‘断裂’多见于地质或工程语境；‘页面错误’属于计算机术语；‘失误’义相对少见，多用于体育等具体说法。使用时需要根据语境判断，语气和正式程度会随之变化。
Grammar Note
及物时表示挑剔，不及物时表示产生断层或弄错。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words have /ɔlt/ at the stressed syllable and rhyme with fault: salt, halt, vault, assault, default, and exalt. Note that fault is spelled with -ault, while salt and halt end in -alt but sound the same. Be careful with lookalikes: 'fraught' (/frɔt/) and 'caught' (/kɔt/) have no /l/, and 'bolt' (/boʊlt/) has a different vowel.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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