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单词 flaw
释义
flaw
noun[C]
uk
/flɔː/us
/flɑː/
C1
afault,mistake, orweakness,especiallyone thathappenswhile something is beingplannedor made, or thatcausessomething not to beperfect:
错误；缺点；缺陷，瑕疵
Ireturnedthematerialbecause it had a flawinit.我退掉了那块布料，因为有瑕疵。
There's afatalflaw inyourreasoning.你的推理有一处致命的缺陷。
Thisreportisfullof flaws.这个报告充满错谬。
acharacterflaw性格上的缺陷
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Faults and mistakes
  • aberration
  • Achilles heel
  • adrift
  • black mark
  • blemish
  • error
  • failing
  • false move
  • faux pas
  • fossilization
  • miscue
  • misfunction
  • misperception
  • misprint
  • misspelling
  • that's/it'syourfuneral!idiom
  • typo
  • wardrobe malfunction
  • weakness
  • what price...?idiom
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flaw
verb[T]
uk
/flɔː/us
/flɑː/
tocausesomething to be notperfect:
使有瑕疵
Atinymarkflawed theotherwiseperfectsilkshirt.一个小小的污点使本来完美的丝绸衬衫有了瑕疵。
Synonym
blemish
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Damaging and spoiling
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • alloy
  • at the expense ofsomeoneidiom
  • at-risk
  • erode
  • foul
  • foul(something)up
  • gild the lilyidiom
  • gloss
  • gnaw
  • gnaw away atsomething
  • ravage
  • ravages
  • ruin
  • scourge
  • scuff
  • sour
  • wreck
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(Definition offlawfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

flaw| American Dictionary

flaw
noun[C]
us
/flɔ/
afaultorweakness,esp. one thathappenswhile something is beingplannedor made and that makes it notperfect:
A flaw in thesteeringmechanismledto arecallof 200,000cars.
(Definition offlawfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

flaw| Business English

flaw
noun[C]
uk
/flɔː/us
afault,mistake, orweakness,especiallyone thathappenswhile something is beingplannedor made:
Thecompanyhad tospendmillionscorrectingdesignflaws.
serious/major/minor flaw (in sth)Thereseemedto be noseriousflaws in theproposaland it wasrecommendedforfurtherconsideration.
(Definition offlawfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofflaw

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Promotion of case management on the basis of before and after comparisons of admission rates is, therefore, reliant on potentially flawed evidence.
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The tendency to see constitutions as predetermined legal moulds can be a source of flawed institutional arrangements and eventual institutional failure.
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If this assumption does not hold, the inferences we make will be flawed.
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Even so, he claims that, as a categorizing principle, class was ' less flawed ' than any other.
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However, these are minor flaws, and do not detract much from the overall excellence of the book.
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None has suggested that it is theoretically flawed.
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Finally, are case-control studies so flawed that they should not be used to investigate outbreaks of waterborne cryptosporidiosis ?
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However, we have shown that the functional argument is flawed since it is uninformative.
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While appealing in one sense, this solution suffers from two flaws.
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As an historical study of the relationship between liberalism and empire, however, it is flawed, mainly due to the scope of its claims.
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Here, there is every sign that the adaption is flawed in its design, and the script is not up to the task in hand.
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Ultrasonic inspecting subsystem: it is carried by the robot to detect the flaws and to measure the thickness of the tank surface.
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Moral progress is possible, but advance will always be piecemeal and constrained by the moral pilgrim's prior (unavoidably flawed) quality of discernment.
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Cross-sectional studies are often flawed due to the proliferation of confounding variables.
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Is current phonology flawed by a lack of formal precision - and if so, what parts ?
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Collocationswithflaw

flaw

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basic flaw
Rather, itsbasicflawis related to the value of autonomy.
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character flaw
The belief that depression was acharacterflawwas greater at baseline the longer the physician worked in the clinic (r= x0.24, p<0.03).
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design flaw
Instruction thus seems to have led many learners to overlook thisdesignflawin the pragmatics of the test items.
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