default

英 [dɪ'fɔːlt; 'diːfɔːlt] 美[dɪ'fɔlt]
  • vi. 拖欠;不履行;不到场
  • n. 违约;缺席;缺乏;系统默认值
  • vt. 不履行;不参加(比赛等);对…处以缺席裁判

CET6TEM4IELTSGRE中低频词常用词汇

词态变化


第三人称单数: defaults;过去式: defaulted;过去分词: defaulted;现在分词: defaulting;

中文词源


default 违约,默认

de-, 向下,强调。fault, 过错,欺骗。1858年用于商务术语,指欺骗,违约。1966年用于计算机名词,无可选项,默认选项。

英英释意


1. loss due to not showing up;
"he lost the game by default"
2. act of failing to meet a financial obligation
3. loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
4. an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified

英文词源


default (n.)
early 13c., "offense, crime, sin," later (late 13c.) "failure, failure to act," from Old French defaute (12c.) "fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack, privation," from Vulgar Latin *defallita "a deficiency or failure," past participle of *defallere, from Latin de- "away" (see de-) + fallere "to deceive, to cheat; to put wrong, to lead astray, cause to be mistaken; to escape notice of, be concealed from" (see fail (v.)). The financial sense is first recorded 1858; the computing sense is from 1966.
default (v.)
late 14c., "be lacking, be missing," also "become weak," from default (n.). Related: Defaulted; defaulting.

考试真题


Your photo, your friends' names-were set, by default (默认)to be shared with every one on the Internet.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

They argue that governments should persuade us into making better decisions - such as saving more in our pension plans - by changing the default options.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Defaults are certainly part of the solution.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

According to Adam Marchick, CEO of mobile marketing company Kahuna, less than 15 percent of smartphone users ever bother to adjust their notification settings—meaning the remaining 85 percent of us default to the app makers' every preset trigger.

2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B

Apple's stance on these issues emerged post-Snowden, when the company started putting in place a series of technologies that, by default, make use of encryption to limit access to people's data.

2017年12月六级真题(第三套)阅读 Section B

They argue that governments should persuade us into making better decisions — such as saving more in our pension plans — by changing the default options.

2015年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

They fear I will default on any business loan I'm given.

2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Unable to tell whether someone really objects to behavioural ads or whether they are sticking with Microsoft’s default, some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

On May 31st Microsoft Set off the row: It said that Internet Explorer 10,the version due to appear windows 8, would have DNT as a default.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

If it is trying to upset Google, which relies almost wholly on default will become the norm.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Human nature being what it is, most people stick with default settings.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

"Carry a book with you at all times" can actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down.

2016年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Human nature being what is, most people stick with default settings.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

If it is trying to upset Google, which relies almost wholly on advertising, it has chosen an indirect method: there is no guarantee that DNT by default will become the norm.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

It said that Internet Explorer 10, the version due to appear with Windows 8, would have DNT as a default.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

Unable to tell whether someone really objects to behavioural ads or whether they are sticking with microsoft's default, some may ignore a DNT signal and press on anyway.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

词组搭配


by default

because of a lack of opposition

由于缺少对手

go by default

be decided in favour of one party because of lack of opposition by the other party

无对手情况下取胜

the case against us has gone by default.

因为缺少诉方这个案子我方获胜。

in default

guilty of failing to repay a loan or appear in a law court

拖欠违约,不出庭罪

the company is already &B{in default on} its loans.

该公司因其拖欠贷款已经违约。

in default of

Through the failure, absence, or lack of.

因缺少,在缺乏…时:因为不足、缺少或缺乏

实用场景例句


Mortgage defaults have risen in the last year.
按揭借款违约在近一年里呈上升趋势。

牛津词典

The default option is to save your work every five minutes.
默认设置为每五分钟存盘一次。

牛津词典

On this screen, 256 colours is the default.
这个显示屏的系统设定值是256色。

牛津词典

They accepted what he had said in default of any evidence to disprove it.
由于缺乏相反的证据,他们相信了他的话。

牛津词典

to default on a loan/debt
拖欠借款 / 债务

牛津词典

defaulting borrowers/tenants
不偿还债务的借款人;拖欠租金的承租人

牛津词典

mortgage defaulters
按揭借款违约者

牛津词典

The company is in default on the loan.
这家公司拖欠借款。

牛津词典

The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans...
信用卡业务出现了下滑,而且越来越多的借款者都不按期还款。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The first warning signals came in March when the company defaulted on its initial payment of £30 million.
第一次出现警示信号是在3月份,当时该公司未能按时交纳3,000万英镑的首期付款。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...default passwords installed on commercial machines...
商用机器上设置的默认口令

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Death, not life, is the default state of cells.
细胞的常态是死亡而不是存活。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose.
默认选项通常是大多数用户都会选择的设置。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...default settings.
默认设置

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Spassky won the first game, and was awarded by the second by default, when Fischer failed to put in an appearance...
斯帕斯基赢了第一局,又因菲舍尔第二局未能上场而再胜一局。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default.
我宁愿把这些钱付给个人,也不愿它们因未作任何处置而自动地归国家所有。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Malvolio becomes, in default of competition, the play's moral centre.
因为没有与其竞争者,马伏里奥自然成了该剧的道德核心。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

One worry is the unwillingness to accept default.
其中一个担忧是,一些人不愿接受违约.

期刊摘选

Select the block of text and - click and choose Default Formatting.
选择目标文字块,点击鼠标右键,选择默认格式.

期刊摘选

Cannot have global partition with bitmap type index. The partition will be set to default.
不能使用带有位图类型索引的全局分区. 该分区将被设置为默认值.

期刊摘选

A default printer is not specified. You must specify a default printer before printing.
未指定默认打印机.打印前必须指定默认打印机.

期刊摘选

The compiler will not synthesize the default constructor for classes that have members of type NoDefault.
编译器将不会为具有NoDefault类型成员的类合成默认构造函数.

期刊摘选

The default upgrade method skips upgrades that would introduce conflicts or require installation of additional packages.
默认的升级方法会跳过那些引起冲突或需要安装额外软件包的升级.

期刊摘选

Controls are anchored to the top and left by default.
默认情况下,控件锚定到左边和上边.

期刊摘选

By default, the AUTOEXTEND capability is not enabled under a standard OpenWorks installation.
对于标准安装的OpenWorks,由缺省设置, AUTOEXTEND处于未起用状态.

期刊摘选

To print the label correctly, orientation has been restored to default setting.
要正确打印标签, 请将方向恢复为默认设置.

期刊摘选

The Default Child Delimiter is limited to 100 characters in length.
默认子分隔符的长度限于100个字符.

期刊摘选