fault是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 缺点, 毛病, 过错, (地质) 断层，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Why, instead of my friend's bursting into tears when he knew who Fred was, embracing him kindly, and telling him that he was his grandfather, or his grandmother in disguise (which we fully expected), he flew into a tremendous passion; called him all manner of names; said it was in a great measure his fault that little Nell and the old gentleman had ever been brought to poverty; didn't hint at our taking anything to drink; and and in short rather turned us out of the room than otherwise.'
-- The world, however, was not in fault in Kit's case.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The women continued to curse each other; they began to relate how it all commenced, and whose fault it was.
-- "This: That since it was through my fault that she is in her present condition, I consider it my duty to help her to the extent of my ability."
-- I heard long ago that she had gone to the bad, so whose fault is it?"
-- Vera Efremovna thought that it was partly her fault that Shustova was imprisoned, and implored Nekhludoff, who was well connected, to do everything in his power to effect her release.
-- Nekhludoff also told him of the hundred and thirty men kept in prison through some misunderstanding, and asked him whose fault he thought it was.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- CHAPTER I. Looking-Glass houseOne thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it: it was the black kitten's fault entirely.
-- Alice said, turning suddenly on the White Queen, for she didn't like being found fault with so much.
-- Alice turned round, ready to find fault with anybody.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "As for you, Jim," he said, "it went against my heart, but I did what I thought best for those who had stood by their duty; and if you were not one of these, whose fault was it?"
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "As far as I saw," said Gudrun, "it wasn't your fault at all.
-- "Ah, well, the fault of that lies with yourself," he said, and he felt a little exultation, that he had made this speech.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- interposed Linton, greatly shocked at the double fault of falsehood and violence which his idol had committed.
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