defect

defect1
noun
  1. a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack
    缺点，缺陷，缺乏
    genetic defects.
    遗传缺陷。
    [mass noun]the property is free from defect.
    这块房地产无可挑剔。
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a noun, influenced by Old French defect 'deficiency'): from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere 'desert or fail', from de- (expressing reversal) + facere 'do'
defect2
[dɪˈfɛkt]
verb
  1. [no obj.]abandon one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one
    叛国，背叛
    he defected to the Soviet Union after the war.
    战后他叛逃到了苏联。
派生
defection
noun
defector
noun
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from Latin defect- 'failed', from the verb deficere (see defect)
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