defect
n
fault or lack that spoils a person or thing 缺点; 不足之处; 毛病; 瑕疵
a defect of character 性格上的缺陷
mechanical defects in a car 汽车的机械缺陷
defects in the education system 教育制度的不足之处. =>Usage at mistake1 用法见mistake1.
defect v [I, Ipr]
~ (from sth) (to sth) leave a party, cause, country, etc, and go to another 背叛; 叛变; 叛党; 脱党; 叛国; 投敌; 变节
She defected from the Liberals and joined the Socialists. 她脱离自由党, 加入了社会党.
One of our spies has defected to the enemy. 我们的一名特工已叛变投敌.
No, I couldn't do that. Everybody else will be wearing jewellery. I can't be the only woman who isn't wearing jewellery.
不,我不能戴花。别的人都戴首饰,唯有我一个人不戴首饰,这怎么能行呢?
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.