n. 过错, 故障, 毛病 vt. 挑剔 vi. 产生断层, 弄错
A bit cynically, Bass describes colleagues who never published because they waited so long they became ill or died.Who is more at fault, Bass asks, the professional archacologist who carefully excavates a site and never publishes on it or the treasure hunter who locates a submerged wreck, salvages part, conserves part, and publishes a book on the operation?
六级 · CET-6 2023年12月 第2套
not an individual's fault if they develop obesity." Yet the widespread view is that obesity is self-induced and that it is entirely the individual's responsibility to do something about it.
四级 · CET-4 2021年12月 第2套
Through no fault of their own, they can suddenly find their productivity deteriorating or quality control non-existent.
四级 · CET-4 2021年6月 第1套
Part of the trouble here is the so-called responsibility/fault fallacy(谬误).
六级 · CET-6 2020年12月 第2套
When you're feeling hard done by —taken for granted by your partner, say, or obliged to work for a half-witted boss—it's easy to become attached to the position that it's not your job to address the matter, and that doing so would be an admission of fault.
六级 · CET-6 2020年12月 第2套