flaw

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flaw /flɔː $ flɒː/ noun [countableC] → floor

1 FAULT/something WRONGa mistake, mark, or weakness that makes something imperfect 瑕疵，缺點 SYN defect

flaw in

a flaw in the software

該軟件的缺點

serious/major/basic/minor etc flaw

a slight flaw in the glass

玻璃上的一點小瑕疵

A design flaw (=a mistake or weakness in the way something was made) caused the engine to explode.

一個設計缺陷導致了引擎爆炸。

► see thesaurus at fault

2 FAULT/something WRONGa mistake or problem in an argument, plan, set of ideas etc 〔論點、計劃、思想等中的〕錯誤，缺陷

flaw of

Beautiful scenery does not make up for the flaws of this film.

美麗的風光彌補不了此影片的不足。

flaw in

There is a fundamental flaw in Walton’s argument.

沃爾頓的論點中有一個根本性的錯誤。

fatal flaw (=a weakness that makes something certain to fail) 致命缺點

3 FAULT/something WRONGa fault in someone’s character 〔性格上的〕缺陷，缺點

Jealousy is Othello’s major flaw.

嫉妒是奧賽羅的主要弱點。

the president’s character flaws

總統的性格缺陷

Examples from the Corpus

flaw• a character flaw• The Web browser is nice, but it also has its flaws.• One of the major flaws in the existing system is that the prosecutor has immunity from law suits claiming malicious prosecution.• Regulatory agencies uncovered numerous flaws in operating and safety procedures.• In this he was fatally handicapped by his own inconsistencies, paradoxes and deep personal flaws.• It was half price because of a slight flaw.• These transitions would not occur altogether smoothly - flaws would be created, like the planes and lines formed when water freezes.• They were, in any case, fairly trivial flaws.

design flaw• No one is saying there is a design flaw in the Boeing 757.• But the $ 86 billion F-22 program has been plagued with mismanagement, design flaws and soaring costs.

fatal flaw• But there is a fatal flaw in such policies: they assume that all cultures are equal in power.• False percentages A fatal flaw in using percentages is to try and add them up when this is not really possible.• Still and all, these are familiar, far-from-fatal flaws typical of a first feature.• Yet yesterday's report, which highlighted fatal flaws in the system, showed that was clearly not the case.• She warns of thirst for knowledge tipping over into dangerous greed, and of youthful promise lost for one fatal flaw.• His reconstruction of the crimes had suffered from one fatal flaw.• Many have argued that one of the fatal flaws a manager can have is unwillingness or inability to delegate.

From Longman Business Dictionary

flawflaw /flɔːflɒː/ noun [countableC]

1a mistake or weakness in a machine, system etc that prevents it from working correctly

flaw in

The drought exposed a serious flaw in the dam.

Investigators believe that a design flaw (=mistake or weakness in the way something was made) in the reactor’s cooling system caused the accident.

The space telescope had a fundamental flaw (=a very basic and serious one) in one of its two mirrors.

2a mistake in an argument, plan, or set of ideas

flaw in

Small banks are missing from the plan and this is the main flaw in the Treasury’s approach.

There’s a fatal flaw (=serious weakness which makes something wrong) in their logic.

Origin flaw

(1300-1400) Perhaps from Old Norse flaga “flat stone”; → FLAG1

flaw noun

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