There are different kinds of faults. In this case,the damage was caused by movement of a "strike-slip fault."

VOA: standard.2010.01.13

This is the place where people typically slip up in debugging. They don't think in advance what they expect the result to be.

实验就推翻了你的假设了,人们在做调试的时候往往忽略了这一点,他们做实验之前并没有想想。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

If you knew your way around in the funhouse like your own bedroom, you could wait until a girl came along and then slip away without ever getting caught, even if her boyfriend was right with her.

如果你在开心馆中跟自己在寝室里一样熟悉门道，你可以等一个姑娘前来，事后溜之大吉,绝不会被人抓住，即使她男朋友就在旁边。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

More than two months after inconclusive national elections, Sunnis are once again watching their chances of major representation in parliament appear to slip away.

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

You know that in The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, Freud reminded us that the Freudian slip isn't something that happens just sometimes ; and nobody knows this better than an ad libbing lecturer; it's something that happens all the time.

在《日常生活的精神病理学》中，弗洛伊德提醒我们,弗洛伊德口误并不只是偶尔发生,即兴演讲者对于这一点最有体会;,它随时随刻都在发生。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Obama administration officials have been quoted as saying they anticipate negotiations on a final bill would not be complete until after the president's State of the Union Address in January, and could slip even later into the new year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

If you decide to opt in by a pass fail, I just need to sign your white study card or if you wanna decide before the 5th Monday, just grab the pink slip and I can sign that and you can turn that in at any point and I'm happy to chat during break today or after class if you have any questions or concerns.

如果你上我们的课程只是要一个分数，那么我只需要在你的白卡片上签个名就可以了,或者说，如果在第五周的周一前还没考虑好，把你的解聘书拿来，只要我签个字,任何时候你都开以离开我的教室,当然，如果你有任何问题和疑虑,我也很高心和大家做课下交流。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

What worries you about America today, terrorism, wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, economy, the deficit, medicare, social security or America's place in the world, which many say sliping or begining to slip?

今天的美国哪些地方让你担心呢，恐怖主义，对伊拉克和阿富汗战争，经济，赤字，医疗保险，社会保障,还是美国的国际地位，有人称美国的地位正在或开始下滑？

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选