default
英 [d?'f??lt; 'di?f??lt]
美[d?'f?lt]
- vi. 拖欠；不履行；不到場
- n. 違約；缺席；缺乏；系統默認值
- vt. 不履行；不參加（比賽等）；對…處以缺席裁判
CET6TEM4IELTSGRE中低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?defaults;過去式:?defaulted;過去分詞:?defaulted;現在分詞:?defaulting;
中文詞源
default 違約，默認
de-, 向下，強調。fault, 過錯，欺騙。1858年用于商務術語，指欺騙，違約。1966年用于計算機名詞，無可選項，默認選項。
英文詞源
- default (n.)
- early 13c., "offense, crime, sin," later (late 13c.) "failure, failure to act," from Old French defaute (12c.) "fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack, privation," from Vulgar Latin *defallita "a deficiency or failure," past participle of *defallere, from Latin de- "away" (see de-) + fallere "to deceive, to cheat; to put wrong, to lead astray, cause to be mistaken; to escape notice of, be concealed from" (see fail (v.)). The financial sense is first recorded 1858; the computing sense is from 1966.
- default (v.)
- late 14c., "be lacking, be missing," also "become weak," from default (n.). Related: Defaulted; defaulting.
雙語例句
- 1. Malvolio becomes, in default of competition, the play's moral centre.
- 因為沒有與其競爭者，馬伏里奧自然成了該劇的道德核心。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose.
- 默認選項通常是大多數用戶都會選擇的設置。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Death, not life, is the default state of cells.
- 細胞的常態是死亡而不是存活。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The company is in default on the loan.
- 這家公司拖欠借款。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. His car was repossessed because of default of monthly installment.
- 因為拖欠按月應付的分期付款,他的汽車被收回了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》