to a fault
英 [tu ə fɔːlt]
美 [tu ə fɔːlt]
(好得)过分,过头; (好得)过头
英英释义
adv
- to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- too big
双语例句
- He's lavish in his response to life and generous to a fault.
他对待生活慷慨大方,对待错误态度宽容。 - Complacent: Contented to a fault; self-satisfied and unconcerned.
自满的:对缺点的满意;自我满足且不关心。 - Generous to a fault, he was noted for his hospitality.
他非常慷慨,以其好客而出名。 - Unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work; a shy retiring girl.
谦逊的对待错误,怀疑他的作品的价值;一个害羞而谦逊的女孩。 - In this case, the destination machine cannot be reached due to a fault.
在这里,由于故障无法连接目的地机器。 - John carries thoroughness to a fault; he spends many hours writing his reports.
约翰花了太多的时间写报告,报告写得过份详细了。 - The Bush administration was accused of a martial unilateralism like none before it; the European Union appeared multilateralist to a fault, if not downright divided.
布什政府前无古人的军事单边主义受到指责;欧盟则似乎多边过头了,如果说不上彻头彻尾的分裂的话。 - Tall and slender almost to a fault, she possessed in the highest degree the art of concealing this oversight of nature simply by the way she arranged the clothes she wore.
她身材颀长苗条稍许过了点分,可她有一种非凡的才能,只要在穿着上稍稍花些功夫,就把这种造化的疏忽给掩饰过去了。 - Aunt Kathy wants everything in her house to be exactly right; she is neat to a fault.
凯西姨妈要求她家里一切绝对井井有条。她爱整洁太过分了。 - "They were fine people: honest, industrious, and generous to a fault," declared the second traveler.
第二位旅客宣称:「他们都是好人,诚实、勤奋、以及对别人的错误很宽容。
