| 单词 | default |
| 释义 | default default /; / noun, verb
■ noun
JUDGEMENT BY/IN DEFAULT
1 (Law ) [U,C] failure to do sth that is required by an agreement or by law, especially paying a debt: The country is trying to avoid a default on its foreign debt. They are in default of their obligations. The risk of default is very high. loan defaults
2 (IT ) [U,C] what happens or appears if you do not make any other choice or change: The default option is to save your work every five minutes. What do you use as your default browser?
IDIOMS
by default if something happens by default it happens because nothing has been done to make things happen differently or because sb has not done what they should have done: He became Chief Executive of the merged company almost by default. They won their lawsuit by default.
■ verb [no obj]
1 (Law ) to fail to do sth that you are legally required to do, especially by not paying a debt: The company defaulted on a $5 million loan repayment. a defaulted bond (= one for which the investors did not receive a payment) ◆ defaulting tenants
2 (IT ) to happen when you do not make any other choice or change: The browsers default to the internal home page.
defaulter noun [C]: loan defaulters |
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