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1 ♦ fault
♦ fault /fɔ:lt/n.1 difetto; manchevolezza; menda: She is blind to her son's faults, è incapace di vedere i difetti di suo figlio; the fault of the system, i difetti del sistema; a basic fault, un difetto di base; technical fault, difetto tecnico2 [u] colpa: It was his fault that we lost, fu colpa sua se perdemmo; Whose fault is it?, di chi è la colpa?; The fault lay with the management, la colpa era della direzione; to be at fault, essere colpevole; essere responsabile (di qc.); My fault!, colpa mia!; ho sbagliato io!; DIALOGO → - School- It was all my own fault, è stata tutta colpa mia; through no fault of my own, non per colpa mia; (leg.) fault liability, responsabilità per colpa3 errore; sbaglio; mancanza; fallo4 (geol.) faglia; frattura ( degli strati): San Andreas fault, la faglia di Sant'Andrea (in California); fault line, linea di faglia5 (elettr., elettron.) guasto; avaria; anomalia: a fault on the telephone line, un guasto alla linea telefonica; electrical fault, guasto elettrico; to develop a fault, manifestare un'anomalia di funzionamento; guastarsi7 (equit.) penalità● (geol.) fault block, blocco fagliato □ fault-finder, chi trova a ridire su tutto; criticone; (tecn.) localizzatore di guasti, cercaguasti □ fault-finding, tendenza al biasimo (o alla critica); (tecn.) ricerca di guasti; (autom., mecc.) rilevazione dei difetti (o dei guasti) □ fault repairs, riparazione guasti □ (telef.) fault reporting, denuncia guasti □ fault technician, riparatore di guasti □ to find fault ( with), trovare a ridire (su); criticare; lagnarsi (di) □ to a fault, eccessivamente; troppo; fin troppo: meticulous to a fault, troppo meticoloso □ (comm.) with all faults, a rischio del compratore.(to) fault /fɔ:lt/A v. t.1 biasimare; criticare; trovare difetti in; trovare da ridire su2 (arc.) sbagliare; errareB v. i.1 (geol.) fare una faglia -
2 defect
I ['diːfekt]mechanical, structural defect — difetto meccanico, strutturale
2) (disability)II [dɪ'fekt]verbo intransitivo defezionare, disertareto defect from — abbandonare [cause, country]
* * *1. ['di:fekt] noun(a fault or flaw: It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china.) difetto2. [di'fekt] verb(to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert: He defected to the West.) disertare; rifugiarsi- defective* * *defect /ˈdi:fɛkt/n.1 difetto; imperfezione: a hearing defect, un difetto dell'udito; to test a product for defects, testare un prodotto per trovare eventuali difetti; (med.) congenital defect, difetto congenito; (fis. nucl.) mass defect, difetto di massa(to) defect /dɪˈfɛkt/v. i.defezionare; disertare● ( di agente segreto, ecc.) to defect to Canada, rifugiarsi in Canada □ (polit.) to defect to Labour, abbandonare il proprio partito per passare nelle file dei laburistiFALSI AMICI: to defect non significa difettare.* * *I ['diːfekt]mechanical, structural defect — difetto meccanico, strutturale
2) (disability)II [dɪ'fekt]verbo intransitivo defezionare, disertareto defect from — abbandonare [cause, country]
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