fault

suç, kabahat

Birinin yaptığı veya yapmadığı bir şey yüzünden oluşan kötü sonuçtan sorumlu olması.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Responsibility for something bad that happened because of what someone did or failed to do.

• It was my fault.
• Who was at fault for the accident?
• She admitted that losing the keys was entirely her fault.

Nasıl kullanılır: be someone’s fault (The delay was my fault.); be at fault (The driver was at fault.)

Eş anlamlılar: blame, responsibility

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: my fault, at fault, fault of someone, someone’s fault

arıza, kusur, hata

Bir makinenin, planın veya başka bir şeyin düzgün işlemesini engelleyen sorun.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Something wrong with a machine, plan, or other thing that stops it from working well.

• The car has an electrical fault.
• We found several faults in the plan.
• A technician repaired the fault in the heating system.

Nasıl kullanılır: fault in something (We found a fault in the wiring.)

Eş anlamlılar: defect, flaw, problem

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: technical fault, find a fault, fault in something

kusur, zaaf

Birinin kişiliğinde veya davranışlarında görülen zayıf ya da olumsuz yön.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A weakness in someone’s character or behavior.

• Impatience is his main fault.
• She knows my faults and still likes me.
• We all have faults, so try to be understanding.

Eş anlamlılar: weakness, flaw, failing

Zıt anlamlılar: virtue

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: human fault, character fault, someone’s main fault

fay

Yer kabuğundaki kayalarda, iki tarafın birbirine göre yer değiştirdiği büyük kırık.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: A large crack in Earth’s rocks where parts of the ground have moved past each other.

• The town lies near a fault.
• Movement along the fault caused an earthquake.
• Scientists mapped several faults beneath the valley.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: active fault, geological fault, fault line

hata

Tenis veya voleybolda, servisi doğru alanın dışına atmak gibi kurallara aykırı hareket.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: An action against the rules in tennis or volleyball, such as a serve that lands outside the correct area.

• The umpire called a fault.
• Two faults in a row cost her the point.
• His serve landed outside the line and was a fault.

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: double fault, foot fault, serve a fault

eleştirmek, kusur bulmak

Birini veya bir şeyi hatası ya da zayıf yönü nedeniyle eleştirmek.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To criticize someone or something for a mistake or weakness.

• I cannot fault your effort.
• Critics faulted the report for ignoring local people.
• Can you really fault him for wanting a better job?

Nasıl kullanılır: fault someone for something/doing something (I cannot fault her for asking questions.)

Eş anlamlılar: criticize, blame

Zıt anlamlılar: praise

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: fault someone, fault someone’s effort, fault someone for