fault-finding

释义

• n. 吹毛求疵；挑剔

词源

fault-finding (n.)

1620s, from verbal phrase find fault (with) (late 14c.); see fault (n.) + find (v.). Related: Fault-finder (1560s).

例句

• 1. The aircraft made an unscheduled landing after developing an electrical fault. 飞机由于发生电力故障而作了临时降落。
• 2. He could never accept that he had been at fault. 他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
• 3. I was disappointed whenever the cook found fault with my work. 每当厨师挑剔我干的活儿时，我都非常沮丧。
• 4. 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。
• 5. The data that's being used to fault American education is highly politicized. 用来指责美国教育的数据被高度政治化了。