malfunction

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n. 故障, 失灵, 疾病 vi. 发生故障, 不起作用 [计] 故障

发音

UK /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
US /ˌmælˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
AU

词形变化

malfunctions 复数 malfunctions malfunctioned malfunctioning malfunctions 三单 malfunctioning 现在分词 malfunctioned 过去式 malfunctioned 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

故障；失灵；疾病

动词

发生故障；不起作用

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Faulty functioning.

    故障

  2. 2.

    Failure to function.

v. C1
  1. 1.

    To function improperly.

    She told him the machine was poorly built, but they both knew that she was the one who had malfunctioned.

  2. 2.

    To fail to function.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

failure

下位词 2

stall blowout
动词

同义词 1

misfunction

反义词 1

function

上位词 9

go die break fail break down give out conk out give way go bad

下位词 3

jam brick glitch

相关短语

malfunction routine [计] 错误检查程序; 查找故障程序 malfunction routines Malfunction Junction malfunction junction wardrobe malfunction n. 走光，行头故障

词源

From mal- (“bad, incorrect”) + function.

来源：wiktionary