| 单词 | to commit a fault |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto commit (rarely do, make) a fault 5. Something wrongly done. Phrase, to commit (rarely do, make) a fault. extracted from faultn. a. In moral sense: A dereliction of duty; a misdeed, transgression, offence. Also occasionally Delinquency in general, ‘something wrong’. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > wrongful deed > [noun] misdeedeOE guilt971 evilOE follya1275 trespassc1290 errorc1330 illa1340 untetchea1375 offencec1384 crimec1390 forfeit1393 faultc1400 demerit1485 disorder1581 misfeasancea1626 misactiona1667 trespassage1874 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > evildoing or wrongdoing > [noun] > an evil deed > an evil deed, fault, or offence sinc825 guilt971 man deedOE evilOE misbodea1200 follya1275 unthrift1303 misbreydec1380 offencec1384 crimec1390 forfeit1393 felonya1400 faultc1400 misfeatc1400 feat1481 demerit1485 misdemeanoura1513 facta1533 piaculum1575 miscarriage1579 delinquishment1593 delinquency1603 piacle1644 amissness1648 peccancy1648 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 177 For fele fautez may a freke forfete his blysse. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 66 Forto clense her of sertaine fauutes that she had done. ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Aij Faustus..To them imputynge, grete fautes. 1549 R. Crowley Voyce Laste Trumpet sig. Bviv Wyncke not at faltes. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. xli. 9 I doe remember my faults this day. View more context for this quotation 1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 310 Distresses..brought upon persons by their own faults. a1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xvii. 219 A restless, undefinable sense of fault. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 250 A fault which is most serious, I said; the fault of telling a lie. b. A failure in what is attempted; a slip, error, mistake. Now somewhat rare; ‘lady teachers often use it in marking school exercises (after French faute)’ ( N.E.D.). In early use esp. †a clerical error or misprint. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > an error, mistake > [noun] misnimming?c1225 errora1340 defaulta1387 balkc1430 fault1523 jeofail1546 errat1548 trip1548 naught1557 missa1568 missinga1568 slide1570 snappera1572 amiss1576 mistaking1579 misprize1590 mistake1600 berry-block1603 solecism1603 fallibility1608 stumblea1612 blota1657 slur1662 incorrectnessa1771 bumble1823 skew1869 (to make) a false step1875 slip-up1909 ricket1958 bad1981 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > error in written mode > instance of miswriting1430 falsehoodc1440 fault1523 escape1570 erratum1589 errat1654 misprint1813 mis-script1817 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. Author's Pref. If any faute be in this my rude translacyon. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse Ep. Ded. sig. Aiiv If faultes escape,..with penne spedely amende it. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 359 Leave more space betwene both lines. That there maye be place to mende your faultes. 1633 Campion's Hist. Ireland 139 Faults escaped. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman Pref. The Book is Printed; and tho I see some Faults, 'tis too late to mend them. 1725 I. Watts Logick iii. iii There must be some fault in the deduction. 1774 O. Goldsmith Grecian Hist. II. i. 36 The other army..had made another fault, not less considerable. 1845 J. T. Graves Rom. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 775/1 The..faults of the Florentine MS. are corrected. c. spec. in Rackets and Tennis. A faulty stroke; a stroke in which the server fails to make the ball fall within the prescribed limits. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > [noun] > types of play or stroke fault1599 back-hand1657 serving1688 let1819 return1832 ace1840 error1877 rally1879 knock-up1884 drop1900 kill1903 soft kill1910 angle shot1911 retrieve1913 length1924 put-away1932 1599 G. Chapman Humerous Dayes Myrth sig. E2 I gaue him fifteene and all his faults. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bisque, a fault at Tennis. 1679 T. Shadwell True Widow i. 8 We'll play with you at a Bisk, and a fault, for twenty pound. 1886 H. F. Wilkinson in Encycl. Brit. XX. 210/2 [article Rackets] Two consecutive faults put a hand out. 1888 J. Marshall in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 182/2 [article Tennis] It is a fault if the service be delivered from the wrong court. < as lemmas |
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