单词 | default |
释义 | default —default /dɪˈfɒlt/ /ˈdiː.fɒlt/ aep /-ˈfɑːlt/ noun [C or U] (FAIL) ► F0 a failure to do something, such as pay a debt, that you legally have to do: » Defaults on loan repayments have reached 52,000 a month.» Any default on your mortgage repayments may mean you will lose your house.» Since they refuse to reply, I think we've won the argument by default (= because of their failure to act).» The default rate (= the number of people failing to do something) is estimated at one in ten of taxpayers.Thesaurus+: ↑Borrowing, lending and debtThesaurus+: ↑Failures , ↑Accidents and disasters , ↑Higher and lower points of achievementnoun [U] (RESULT) ► F0 the thing that exists or happens if you do not change it intentionally by performing an action: » Unless something else is agreed, the default is to meet at the hotel at 7.00 p.m. » The computer will take 0 as the default value, unless you type in something different.» FORMAL In default of (= because there is not) any better alternative, we will have to proceed with the original plan.Thesaurus+: ↑Standard and routineaep /-ˈfɑːlt/ verb [I] ↑Verb Endings for default ► F0 to fail to do something, such as pay a debt, that you legally have to do: » People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed.Thesaurus+: ↑Failing and doing badlyThesaurus+: ↑Borrowing, lending and debt |
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