Don't get stroppy with me—it isn't my fault!
别冲我生气—这不是我的错！
There's no need to take that tone with me—it's not my fault we're late.
不必那样跟我拿腔拿调的。我们来晚了，可不是我的错。
The captain knew there was an engine fault but didn't want to alarm the passengers.
船长知道一台发动机出了故障，不过他不想惊动乘客。
The scientists positioned the seismic activity as being along the San Andreas fault.
科学家们将地震活动位置定位在圣安德烈亚斯断层沿线。
They chuckled, boylike, because they would be late for bed; and it was all mother Wendy's fault!
他们像孩子一样咯咯地笑着，因为他们睡觉要迟到了；都是温迪妈妈的错！
What if the fault that runs along the Pacific Northwest delivers a gigantic earthquake of its own?
如果沿着太平洋西北部的断层本身也引发了一场巨大的地震呢？
Body weight is strongly influenced by biology—it is not an individual's fault if they develop obesity.
生物学对体重影响极大——发胖并不是个人的错。
Humans have an obligation to try to save endangered animals, because it is our fault that they are going extinct.
人类有义务去拯救濒临灭绝的动物，因为它们的灭绝是我们的过错。
Though no fault of their own, they can suddenly find their productivity deteriorating or quality control non-existent.
虽然不是他们自己的错，但他们会突然发现自己的生产率下降或质量管理失控。
It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault.
从相信每件事都有原因，到相信每一场灾难都是我们的错，似乎只有一步之遥。
While you may forgive your smartphone an occasional fault, you probably have less patience for error messages from your door lock.
虽然你可能会原谅你的智能手机偶尔出现错误，但你对门锁传送的错误信息可能没有那么大的耐心。
Some geologists wondered whether the absence of friction-generated heat could be explained by the kinds of rock composing the fault.
一些地质学家想知道，是否可以用构成断层的岩石来解释没有摩擦产生的热量。
The spread of no-fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship.
随着无过错离婚的普及，更愿意继续维系婚姻关系的一方讨价还价的能力有所降低。
The last time a major earthquake occurred along the Cascadia fault was in 1700, so officials worry that another event could occur any time.
上一次沿着卡斯卡迪亚断层发生的大地震是在1700年，所以官员们担心另一场大地震随时可能发生。
Experts who monitor unemployment statistics here in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, say about 28,000 people are unemployed, and many of them are jobless due to no fault of their own.
在宾夕法尼亚州巴克斯县监控失业统计数据的专家说，大约有2.8万人失业，其中很多人失业并不是由于他们自己的过错。
Geologists therefore wondered whether the friction between the plates was being reduced by pockets of pressurized water within the fault that push the plates away from each other.
因此，地质学家们想知道，断层内部的加压水袋是否会使板块之间的摩擦力减小，从而使板块彼此远离。
But perhaps Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."
但也许普鲁塔克的建议略有不同，更接近于马库斯·西塞罗的主张，即一个人应该“通过创作来批评，而不是吹毛求疵”。
Part of the fault lies with our inner caveman.
部分原因在于我们内心的穴居人。
It is also the father's fault if he sets his son a bad example.
如果父亲给儿子树立了不好的榜样，那也是他的错。
Following a game, many parents and coaches focus on the outcome and find fault with youngsters' performances.
比赛结束后，许多家长和教练都会关注比赛结果，并对孩子们的表现吹毛求疵。
Gross and Levitt find fault primarily with sociologists, philosophers and other academics who have questioned science's objectivity.
格罗斯和莱维特主要指责那些质疑科学客观性的社会学家、哲学家和其他学者。
Plutarch is suggesting something slightly different, something a bit closer to Marcus Cicero's claim that one should "criticize by creation, not by finding fault."
普鲁塔克的建议略有不同，这一建议与马库斯·西塞罗的主张更为接近，即一个人应该“通过创作而非吹毛求疵来进行批判”。
This is not his fault. I am to blame for not having made the whole thing clear to him.
这不能怪他，只怪我没有交代清楚。
Confessing a fault makes half amends for it.
承认错误等于改正了一半。
Our fatal fault, Annette said, is perfectionism.
安妮特说：我们致命的错误是太追求完美。
Without a sense of your fault, how can repentance and amendment be expected?
如果对自己的错误都不能认识到，怎么能指望你会悔改呢？
It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.
你最富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。
It looks poorest when you are richest.The fault-finder will find faults in paradise.
你最富有的时候，倒是看似最穷。爱找缺点的人就是到天堂里也能找到缺点。
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