英语词汇“find fault”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to find (a) fault: to discover or perceive a fault (senses 3 – 5) in a person or thing.

ΚΠ

a1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iv. 479 Faute þer~Inne ȝif þat he fynde Mak no scornynge me be-hynde.

c1400 Rom. Rose 3837 Grete faute in thee now have I founde.

c1440 York Myst. xx. 183 Fautez nowe are founden fele.

?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 9 Geif the regent find falt quhairof the nomenclator has nocht advertysit hym.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 29. ¶3 The only Fault I find in our present Practice.

1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 63 If he find any fault in her within three days.

b. Hence, idiomatically, to find fault (with, †at): to express dissatisfaction (with), criticize unfavourably, censure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)]

reprehendc1400

murmur1424

discommenda1500

belack1531

to find fault (with, at)c1540

scan?c1550

fault1563

pinch1567

to lift or move a lip1579

raign1581

reflect1605

criminate1645

criticize1652

nick1668

critic1697

chop1712

stricture1851

to get on to ——1895

chip1898

rap1899

nitpick1956

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4850 Rule vs by rightwisnes..þat no fawte with vs founden be.

1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. B Finding faut with him for one thing or another.

1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 9 A man will finde fault without cause.

1611 Bible (King James) Mark vii. 2 When they saw some of his disciples eate bread with defiled..hands, they found fault .

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty (1662) 4 Eyes..over-curious to find fault at Art.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (ed. 3) III. xi. 257 You find fault with me.

1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. p. xiv If nothing is ever to be found fault with, nothing will ever be mended.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 155 I am not given to finding fault.

1892 T. W. Erle in Law Times 93 417/2 No fault was found with my suggestions.

单词	find fault
释义	> as lemmas to find (a) fault a. to find (a) fault: to discover or perceive a fault (senses 3 – 5) in a person or thing. ΚΠ a1375 Lay Folks Mass Bk. App. iv. 479 Faute þer~Inne ȝif þat he fynde Mak no scornynge me be-hynde. c1400 Rom. Rose 3837 Grete faute in thee now have I founde. c1440 York Myst. xx. 183 Fautez nowe are founden fele. ?1566–7 G. Buchanan Opinion Reformation Univ. St. Andros in Vernacular Writings (1892) 9 Geif the regent find falt quhairof the nomenclator has nocht advertysit hym. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 29. ¶3 The only Fault I find in our present Practice. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 63 If he find any fault in her within three days. extracted from faultn. to find fault (with, †at) b. Hence, idiomatically, to find fault (with, †at): to express dissatisfaction (with), criticize unfavourably, censure. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] reprehendc1400 murmur1424 discommenda1500 belack1531 to find fault (with, at)c1540 scan?c1550 fault1563 pinch1567 to lift or move a lip1579 raign1581 reflect1605 criminate1645 criticize1652 nick1668 critic1697 chop1712 stricture1851 to get on to ——1895 chip1898 rap1899 nitpick1956 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 4850 Rule vs by rightwisnes..þat no fawte with vs founden be. 1588 J. Udall State Church of Eng. sig. B Finding faut with him for one thing or another. 1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 9 A man will finde fault without cause. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark vii. 2 When they saw some of his disciples eate bread with defiled..hands, they found fault . View more context for this quotation 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty (1662) 4 Eyes..over-curious to find fault at Art. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero (ed. 3) III. xi. 257 You find fault with me. 1776 J. Bentham Fragm. on Govt. Pref. p. xiv If nothing is ever to be found fault with, nothing will ever be mended. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 155 I am not given to finding fault. 1892 T. W. Erle in Law Times 93 417/2 No fault was found with my suggestions. extracted from faultn. < as lemmas
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