faulty

英 [ˈfɔːlti]

美 [ˈfɔːlti]

adj.  不完美的; 有错误的; 有缺陷的; 错误的

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BNC.8415 / COCA.9993

牛津词典

adj.

• 不完美的；有错误的；有缺陷的
  not perfect; not working or made correctly
  1. Ask for a refund if the goods are faulty.
     商品如有缺陷，可要求退款。
  2. faulty workmanship
     不完美的做工
  3. an accident caused by a faulty signal
     错误信号造成的事故
• 错误的；有错误的
  wrong or containing mistakes, often resulting in bad decisions
  1. faulty reasoning
     错误推理

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (设备等)有问题的，有毛病的,出故障的
  Afaultypiece of equipment has something wrong with it and is not working properly.
  1. The money will be used to repair faulty equipment.
     这笔钱将用来修理出故障的设备。
• ADJ (论证或推理)错误的，谬误的,不完善的
  If you describe someone's argument or reasoning asfaulty, you mean that it is wrong or contains mistakes, usually because they have not been thinking in a logical way.
  1. Their interpretation was faulty — they had misinterpreted things.
     他们的理解是错误的——他们将事情曲解了。

英英释义

adj

• characterized by errors
  1. he submitted a faulty report
  2. an incorrect transcription
  Synonym:incorrectwrong
• having a defect
  1. I returned the appliance because it was defective
  Synonym:defective

双语例句

• The money will be used to repair faulty equipment.
  这笔钱将用来修理出故障的设备。
• His article was faulty.
  他的文章有缺点。
• Faulty wiring may have caused the fire.
  可能是线路故障导致了这场火灾。
• This is due to faulty design and assembly.
  这是由于设计和安装不当造成的。
• The study relied on people's own reports of their sleeping habits, which can be faulty.
  他说这一研究靠的是人们对自己睡眠习惯的汇报，而这有可能会出错。
• We traced the trouble to a faulty transformer.
  我们查出故障出在一个有毛病的变压器上。
• On the phone, you implied that my methods were faulty.
  在电话上，你暗示我的方法是不完美的。
• The gauge must be giving a faulty reading.
  量表的显示肯定有误。
• This seems to me to be due to faulty reasoning.
  在我看来，这是因为他们犯了推理错误。
• I used notes lest faulty memory should lead me astray.
  我翻阅了所做的笔记，免得记错了而使我误入歧途。