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单词 faultless
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fault•less  (fôltlis),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. without fault, flaw, or defect;
    perfect.
  • Middle English fautles. See fault, -less 1300–50
faultless•ly, adv. 
faultless•ness, n. 
    flawless, impeccable, exemplary, irreproachable.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
faultless /ˈfɔːltlɪs/ adj
  1. without fault; perfect or blameless

ˈfaultlessly adv ˈfaultlessness n
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
fault /fɔlt/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. a defect or imperfection;
    flaw;
    failing:His only fault is that he lacks ambition.
  2. responsibility for failure or a wrongful act:[usually: singular]Whose fault was it?
  3. an error or mistake;
    misdeed:a fault in addition.
  4. Geology, Mininga break or crack in the continuity of a body of rock, or of the earth's surface:huge faults in southern California.

v. [+ object)]
  1. to accuse of error, misdeed, wrong, etc.;
    criticize;
    blame:The boss can't fault you on inaccuracy.
Idioms
  1. Idioms at fault, in the wrong;
    deserving blame:She was at fault for lying.
  2. Idioms find fault, [ find + ~ (+ with + obj)] to complain or be critical:always found fault with him no matter what he did.
  3. Idioms to a fault, to an extreme degree;
    greatly;
    excessively:She was generous to a fault.

fault•less, adj. 
fault•less•ly, adv. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
fault  (fôlt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a defect or imperfection;
    flaw;
    failing:a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
  2. responsibility for failure or a wrongful act:It is my fault that we have not finished.
  3. an error or mistake:a fault in addition.
  4. a misdeed or transgression:to confess one's faults.
  5. Sport(in tennis, handball, etc.)
    • a ball that when served does not land in the proper section of an opponent's court.
    • a failure to serve the ball according to the rules, as from within a certain area.
  6. Geology, Mininga break in the continuity of a body of rock or of a vein, with dislocation along the plane of the fracture (fault plane.)
  7. Sport[Manège.](of a horse jumping in a show) any of a number of improper executions in negotiating a jump, as a tick, knockdown, refusal, or run-out.
  8. Electricitya partial or total local failure in the insulation or continuity of a conductor or in the functioning of an electric system.
  9. Sport[Hunting.]a break in the line of scent;
    a losing of the scent;
    check.
  10. [Obs.]lack;
    want.
  11. Idioms at fault:
    • open to censure;
      blameworthy:to be at fault for a mistake.
    • in a dilemma;
      puzzled:to be at fault as to where to go.
    • (of hounds) unable to find the scent.
  12. Idioms find fault, to seek and make known defects or flaws;
    complain;
    criticize:He constantly found fault with my behavior.
  13. Idioms to a fault, to an extreme degree;
    excessively:She was generous to a fault.

v.i. 
  1. to commit a fault;
    blunder;
    err.
  2. Geologyto undergo faulting.

v.t. 
  1. Geologyto cause a fault in.
  2. to find fault with, blame, or censure.
  • Vulgar Latin *fallita, noun, nominal use of feminine of *fallitus, for Latin falsus, past participle of fallere to be wrong
  • Anglo-French, Middle French
  • Middle English faute 1250–1300
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged blemish; frailty, shortcoming. Fault, failing, foible, weakness, vice imply shortcomings or imperfections in a person. Fault is the common word used to refer to any of the average shortcomings of a person; when it is used, condemnation is not necessarily implied:Of his many faults the greatest is vanity.Foible, failing, weakness all tend to excuse the person referred to. Of these foible is the mildest, suggesting a weak point that is slight and often amusing, manifesting itself in eccentricity rather than in wrongdoing:the foibles of artists.Weakness suggests that the person in question is unable to control a particular impulse, and gives way to self-indulgence:a weakness for pretty women.Failing is closely akin to fault, except that it is particularly applied to humanity at large, suggesting common, often venial, shortcomings:Procrastination and making excuses are common failings.Vice (which may also apply to a sin in itself, apart from a person:the vice of gambling) is the strongest term, and designates a habit that is truly detrimental or evil.
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged virtue, strength, merit.

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