default
UK [dɪ'fɒlt] US [-'fɑ:lt] verb intransitive
■to fail to do something, such as pay a debt, that you legally have to do 拖欠，不履行债务；违约•People who default on their mortgage repayments may have their home repossessed.未能按期偿还抵押贷款者，其房屋可能会被没收。
UK [dɪ'fɒlt] US [-'fɑ:lt] verb intransitive
Phrasal Verbs default to sth
■If a computer defaults to a way of operating, it automatically uses it, unless you intentionally change it. （电脑）默认…，缺省为…，预设为…
UK [dɪ'fɒlt] US [-'fɑ:lt] noun
RESULT 结果
uncountable
■what exists or happens if you do not change it intentionally by performing an action 默认结果，既定结果；预设值；缺省值•Unless something else happens, the default is to meet at the hotel at 7.00 p.m.如果没有别的事情，按约定下午七点在饭店见面。 •The computer will take '0' as the default value , unless you type in something different.如果不输入其他数值，电脑就把0当作预设值。 •formal In default of (= Because there is not) any better alternative, we will have to proceed with the original plan.由于没有更好的方案，我们只好按原定计划行事。
UK [dɪ'fɒlt] US [-'fɑ:lt] noun
FAIL 未能
countable or uncountable
■when you fail to do something, such as pay a debt that you legally have to 拖欠，不履行债务；违约•Defaults on loan repayments have reached 52,000 a month.拖欠贷款的现象每月已达52 000宗。 •Any default on your mortgage repayments may mean you will lose your house.不按时偿还抵押贷款就意味着你将失去房子。 •Since they refuse to reply, I think we've won the argument by default (= because of their failure to act).由于他们拒绝回答，我认为我们在这场辩论中自动胜出。 •The default rate (= the number of people failing to do something) is estimated at 1 in 10 of tax payers.据估计，拖欠税款者在纳税人中约占十分之一。 |