fault

fault
フォールト
フォルト
あやまち 過ち
なんてん 難点
なんくせ 難癖 <esp. in a pretense>
ぼろ 襤褸
* * *
/fɔ́ːlt, ((米+)) fɑ́ːlt/ ((発音注意))〔「(完全さをそこねる本質的な)欠落・不足」が本義〕
〖名〗(複~s/fɔ́ːl(t)s/)
1 〖U〗 [通例one's ~] (誤り・落度の)責任, 罪

Whose ~ is that? いったいだれの責任ですか《◆かなり厳しい追及》

It's mý fault̀. = The ~ is mine. = The ~ lies with me. それは(他ならぬ)私のせいです

It was not my ~ that they were late. 彼らが遅れたのは私のせいではありません.

2 〖C〗〔…の〕欠陥, きず, 短所in〕《◆必ずしも非難の意はない》

a ~ in [xof] the machine 機械の欠陥

Stubbornness is her ~. 強情なのが彼女の欠点だ.

3 〖C〗〔…の〕誤り(mistake)〔in, of〕; (ちょっとした)落度, 悪行(wrong)

commit ~s in [of] grammar 文法上の誤りを犯す.

4 〖C〗〔球技〕フォールト, サーブ-ミス.
5 〖C〗〔地〕断層

an active ~活断層.

6 〖C〗〔電気〕(回路の)故障, 漏電.
7 〖U〗〔狩〕(犬が獲物の)臭跡を失うこと, 失跡.
at fault
(1) 〈人・記憶などが〉誤って; 〈機械などが〉故障して

You are at ~ in talking back to her. 彼女に口答えするなんて見当違いだ.

(2) ((正式))〈人が〉〔…に対して〕とがめられるべき〔for〕《◆in faultともいうが((英やや古))》

Who is at ~ for breaking the window? 窓を壊した犯人はだれか.

(3) 途方にくれて.
*find fault with O
〈人・事〉に(しつこく)文句を言う, あら捜しをする, …を(口に出して)非難する, けちをつける, あげ足を取る《◆(1) criticize, complain of [about]より堅い語. (2) faultは常に単数形で用いる. (3) find faults inは単に「あらさがしをする」で口に出して言うことまでは含意しない》

No ~ is found with his work. 彼の仕事にはけちのつけようがない.

to a fault
((正式))あまりにも, 度が過ぎて《◆人の美徳について用いる》

be honest to a ~ ばか正直である.

with all faults
〔商〕一切買い主の責任で.
〖動〗|他|
1 ((正式))[通例否定・疑問文で] 〔…に関して〕〈人・事〉を批判する, 非難する〔on〕《◆blame, find a fault in, criticizeの方が普通》.
2 [通例be ~ed]〈岩が〉断層を起す.
|自|
1 〈岩が〉断層を起す[みせる].
2 誤りを犯す.

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