flaw的意思|flaw的解释-里氏词典

flaw [flɒ:]

n. 缺点, 裂纹, 瑕疵, 一阵狂风

[化] 划痕; 裂缝; 裂纹

[医] 裂隙; 缺点

Your argument has a fatal flaw.
你的论点有一个致命的错误。
The flaw in this vase makes it less valuable.
这个花瓶因为有点缺陷，不那么值钱了。
The scar flawed her beauty.
这伤疤损害了她的美貌。

flaw

[ noun ]

an imperfection in an object or machine

<noun.state>

a flaw caused the crystal to shatter

if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer

defect or weakness in a person's character

<noun.state>

he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless

an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

<noun.state>

[ verb ]

add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective

<verb.change>

blemish

Flaw \Flaw\ (fl[add]), n. [OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga
flaw, crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw.
flage, flaag, and E. flag a flat stone.]
1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of
continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

This heart
Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. --Shak.

2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a
will, in a deed, or in a statute.

Has not this also its flaws and its dark side?
--South.

3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a
quarrel. [Obs.]

And deluges of armies from the town
Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. --Dryden.

4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.

Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. --Milton.

Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. --Tennyson.

Syn: Blemish; fault; imperfection; spot; speck.

Flaw \Flaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Flawing}.]
1. To crack; to make flaws in.

The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed.
--Dryden.

2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.]

France hath flawed the league. --Shak.

"We have done extensive testing in attempts to identify any common design flaw that would be a root cause" for sudden acceleration, the spokesman said.
A 2-foot metal rod accidentally put in upside-down caused the flaw in the Hubble Space Telescope's primary mirror, NASA investigators said Thursday.
Records show the part that failed GE's testing was sent to another company for further testing and the flaw was confirmed, Tucker said.
The fuel-tank collapse at Ashland's Floreffe Terminal that caused the contamination stemmed from a dime-sized flaw in the tank's nearly 50-year-old steel wall.
Federal investigators believe a flaw developed in the manufacture of an engine part of United Airlines Flight 232 caused the plane's mid-air explosion over Iowa in July, according to a published report.
The flaw, officials said, cannot be repaired from the ground and the space observatory never will be able to capture all of the spectacular views of the universe that had been expected, although a repair mission scheduled for 1993 may restore one camera.
The fatal flaw in this proposal is that it assumes managers need answer only to shareholders.
It would remedy something that liberals as well as conservatives regard as a serious flaw in our current tax system.
Its only flaw is taking Kerouac's literary accomplishments too seriously.
A minute flaw can cause a crack.
In the end it came down to commercial strategy, and, of course, price.' For many institutions the debate over price was finely balanced, but in terms of commercial strategy LWT's defence had a serious flaw.
He still bristles at persistent references in the news media to his relationship with model Donna Rice _ the flaw in judgment that eventually killed his presidential hopes.
The 80386, which is the heart of IBM's most powerful personal computers, as well as Houston-based Compaq Computer Corp.'s popular Deskpro 386, has been hard to come by since Intel discovered a flaw in the chips earlier this year.
In many cases, they were left with less money than they had originally invested. The MVA is a fatal flaw in a with-profits bonds, which destroys its advantages over unit-linked bond.
Engineers concluded after the third nozzle-joint test Oct. 8 that the O-ring system withstood gas pressure after a single flaw was built into the joint, which connects the nozzle to the body of the segmented booster rocket.
A spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the new flaw was discovered by ITT Aerospace, a subcontractor for the project, and that the planned weather satellites can not be completed and launched until a solution is found.
But a Triple A rating for a fund from Fund Research keeps financial advisers happy. Lack of such qualitative assessment is the obvious flaw of the private investor guide.
Still, this is a minor flaw, all things considered, in a major success.
But in a letter dated Nov. 26, the researchers, Arjen Lenstra and Stuart Haber, said they have found "a very serious flaw" in the proposal by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
They believe their gene transfer technique may eventually cure the rare genetic flaw in humans.
One flaw the panel found echoed a finding of the investigators of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle accident.
It was on display throughout the current term in Mr. Reagan's determination not to deliver the Contras into the hands of the Sandinistas in the jungles of Nicaragua (the flaw came in believing the House would allow military aid into a compromise).
Gramm said DOE would come up with various options and its preferred choice for dealing with the injector problem, which he called a "conceptual flaw," in early January.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other scientists believe the Hubble's flaw is most likely in the larger mirror.
The state accepted previous findings that blamed the collapse on the flaw in the metal, cold weather and the pressure of the fuel oil.
The flaw with Miss Washington 1990 lies not in her intelligence, talent or beauty.
Robert S. Weinberg, a brewing industry consultant and professor of marketing at the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, said another flaw in the light beers of the 1960s was taste.
For all his virtues, however, Mr. Gorbachev has the flaw of thinking like a Communist and for too long clinging to the party.
By a different 5-4 margin, the justices said Minnesota had corrected this constitutional flaw in its state law by allowing minors to obtain a judge's permission to have an abortion without notifying her parents.
Recent launch-test failures of the Trident II point up a basic design flaw, Navy officials said, raising questions about its ability to begin deploying the missiles early next year as the next generation of submarine-based nuclear missile.

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