fault

/fɔlt/

意味: 過失／断層

例文: Fluffin yelled, “It’s not my fault!” after sneezing glitter.
　　  フラッフィンはくしゃみでラメ飛ばし、「僕のせいじゃない！」

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: fault line(断層線), fault finding(欠点探し), fault tolerance(障害許容)

定義: 何かがうまくいかない原因や責任を指します。例えば、機械が壊れたときの原因や、人が何かを間違えたときの責任を意味します。また、地質学では地面のひび割れやずれを指すこともあります。

faultは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Noun: an imperfection in an object or machine
Noun: the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
Noun: (geology) a crack in the earth’s crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Noun: (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
Noun: responsibility for a bad situation or event
Noun: (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
Verb: put or pin the blame on

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

It was not my fault that the project failed.(プロジェクトが失敗したのは私のせいではなかった。)
The earthquake caused a fault in the building’s foundation.(地震で建物の基礎に断層ができた。)
She took the fault upon herself to fix the mistake.(彼女はそのミスの責任を自分で負った。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he made a bad mistake
Noun: she was quick to point out my errors
Noun: I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
Noun: a flaw caused the crystal to shatter
Noun: if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer
Noun: they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
Noun: he knew his own faults much better than she did
Noun: they built it right over a geological fault
Noun: he studied the faulting of the earth’s crust
Noun: it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it
Noun: it was John’s fault
Noun: he served too many double faults

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): blame, break, defect, demerit, error, fault, faulting, flaw, fracture, geological fault, mistake, shift

Antonyms(反意語): absolve, merit

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): breakdown, charge, crack, imperfection, nonaccomplishment, responsibility, serve, worth

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accountability, accuse, ace, blame, brake failure, chap, chink, crevasse, defame, defect, defectiveness, demerit, dependability, engine failure, failing, failure, fatigue crack, fault, flaw, indict, let, merit, misfire, mistake, negligence, outage, power outage, praisworthiness, price, rift, slit, split, value, vent, wart, worthwhileness

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): ballup, blister, blot, blunder, bug, confusion, distortion, double fault, footfault, hole, inclined fault, incursion, miscalculation, offside, omission, oversight, revoke, slip, strike-slip fault, stupidity

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: blamable, blame, blameable, break, err, fault, faulty, flaw, fracture, mistake

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun, uncountable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative, sadness