faulty

/'fɒ:lti/

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📖 中文释义

  1. a. 有过失的, 有缺点的, 不完美的, 应受责备的
  2. [经] 缺点多的

💬 双语例句

  1. But my analysis should serve as a warning against complacency. Investors who allow faulty impressions of history to lead them to assume too much stock-market risk today may be inviting considerable losses.

    但我的分析应该成为对市场高涨情绪的一个警告。 对于那些在错误历史印象的引导下承担了过多股票市场风险的投资者来说,巨大的损失可能就在不远处。

  2. Bush chose the people who provided him with faulty information about Iraq, or at least he chose the heads of the organizations that provided the faulty information. He chose his defense secretary and attorney general.

    布什自己任命的人给他提供了伊拉克的错误信息,至少给他错误信息的部门领导是他亲自指定的。 他任命了自己的国防部长和首席检察官。 他,和他选定的人,营造了这样的秘密环境,这样的系统抛弃了对信息真实性的正常审查程序。

  3. But, whatever the probabilities, the fact remains that there will generally be a high percentage of false positives when screening for rare conditions. Moreover, the patients who receive these faulty diagnoses will usually receive further treatments, which often will have harmful consequences.

    这个答案显然是违反直觉的,因此也很容易引发抵触心理。 其实绝大多数人都是以“50-50”或者“百万分之一”来理解可能性这个词的。 但不管可能性几何,事实依然是在筛查某些罕见病症时总会出现高比例的假阳性结果。 此外,那些受到错误诊断的患者通常会接受进一步治疗,也往往会带来有害的后果。

🔵 同义词

🔗 常用搭配

faulty informationallow faultyfaulty diagnosesfaulty weaponprovided the faulty
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. s. characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; the wrong side of the road"