C1a fault, mistake, or weakness, especially one that happens while something is being planned or made, or that causes something not to be perfect错误;缺点;缺陷,瑕疵
I returned the material because it had a flaw in it.我退掉了那块布料,因为有瑕疵。
There's a fatal flaw in your reasoning.你的推理有一处致命的缺陷。
ADJECTIVE | VERB + FLAW | FLAW + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, main, major, serious重大的/主要的/重要的/嚴重的缺陷➤basic, critical, fatal, fundamental基本的/關鍵性的/致命的/根本性的缺點➤inherent固有的缺陷▸➤minor, small小瑕疵▸➤obvious明顯的缺點➤design設計缺陷➤security安全缺陷➤character性格缺陷VERB + FLAW➤contain, have有缺陷◇Unfortunately, this plate has a small flaw in it.可惜這個盤子有個小小的瑕疵。➤look for尋找缺陷➤discover, find, identify, see, spot發現/找到/識別/看到/辨認出缺陷◇It took me a long time to find the flaw in her logic.我花了很長時間才找到她邏輯上的破綻。◇Engineers have identified serious design flaws in the proposed nuclear waste dump.工程師們已確認擬建的核廢物處理站存在嚴重的設計缺陷。➤expose, highlight, point out, point to, reveal暴露/強調/指出/指明/揭露缺陷◇The markets have exposed the fatal flaw in the government's economic policy.市場已經暴露出政府經濟政策中存在的致命漏洞。➤correct, fix改正缺點;修補漏洞FLAW + VERB➤appear, become apparent漏洞出現;缺陷變得明顯◇Flaws have appeared in the new version of the software.軟件的新版本中出現了多個漏洞。PREPOSITION➤flaw in⋯中的缺陷◇one of the major flaws in his character他性格中的一個主要缺陷