fault
单词辨析：
指由于愚蠢或疏忽大意等造成的错误。
She made a terrible blunder when introducing the girl to her husband.
她把那个女孩介绍给她丈夫是犯了一个极大的错误。
指因愚蠢的行为犯下的过错。
I made a boob throwing that document away.
我犯了个愚蠢的错误，把那份文件扔掉了。
主要指干得拙劣、一塌糊涂的活儿。
I tried to make a great meal but only made a botch of it.
我试图做顿大餐，可是搞砸了。
指愚蠢的或令人难堪的过错。
He realized that mentioning her ex-husband was a bit of clanger.
他意识到提及她的前夫有点儿冒失，令人尴尬。
可指任何错误，包括笔误、印刷错误或计算错误，常可与 mistake 换用。
The government has committed a serious error/mistake.
政府犯下了严重的错误。
There are too many errors/mistakes in your spelling.
你拼写错误太多。
This is a grammatical error/mistake.
这是一个语法错误。
尤指很多人持有的错误观点或想法。
There was once a popular fallacy that the world is flat.
人们曾经普遍误以为地球是平的。
表示“缺点，毛病”时为可数名词；表示“过失，过错”时为不可数名词。
He is still an excellent politician despite the faults he's committed.
尽管他犯过一些错误，他仍是一名出色的政治家。
The minister is quite satisfied with his secretary because he can find no fault with her work.
部长对他的秘书很满意，因为她的工作无可挑剔。
指对发生的坏事负有的责任。
The boy behaved badly, but in fact the guilt lay with his parents.
这个男孩表现很不好，但实际上责任在于其父母。
指行为、看法、言辞等方面的错误。
I have made a mistake in grammar.
我犯了一个语法错误。
One silly mistake cost us the match.
一个愚蠢的错误使我们输掉了那场比赛。
相关例句：
There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault
这全是他的错，这是无法回避的事实。
It is hard to fault the way he runs his own operation.
他经营自己公司的方式无可指摘。
They feel shame and guilt as though it is their fault
他们觉得羞愧和内疚，就好像这是他们的错。
He could never accept that he had been at fault
他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
There are no indications that standard security arrangements were at fault.
没有迹象表明例行的保安措施存在问题。
You can't fault them for lack of invention
你不能因为他们缺乏创新就指责他们。