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

defect /dēˈfekt, di-fektˈ/

noun

A deficiency

A lack

An imperfection

A blemish

A fault

An imperfection in a crystal lattice which may be caused by the presence of a minute amount of a different element in a perfect lattice (crystallography)

intransitive verb

To desert one's country or a cause, transferring one's allegiance (to another)

ORIGIN: L dēficere, dēfectum to fail, from dē down, and facere to do

defectibilˈity noun

defectˈible adjective

Liable to imperfection

Deficient

defecˈtion noun

(an act of) desertion
A failure to carry out a duty
(an act of) revolt

defecˈtionist noun

defectˈive adjective

Having defects
Lacking in some necessary quality
Imperfect
Faulty
Insufficient
Incomplete in inflections or forms (grammar)
Mentally handicapped (offensive)

noun (offensive)

A person who is mentally handicapped

defectˈively adverb

defectˈiveness noun

defectˈor noun

A person who deserts or betrays his or her country, etc

defective equation noun (mathematics)

An equation derived from another, but with fewer roots than the original

defective virus noun (biology)

A virus that is unable to replicate without a helper (qv)

the defects of one's qualities

Virtues carried to excess, the faults apt to accompany or flow from good qualities