to a fault
英 [tu ə fɔːlt]
美 [tu ə fɔːlt]
(好得)过分,过头; (好得)过头
英英释义
adv
- to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits
- too big
双语例句
- Tall and slender almost to a fault, she possessed in the highest degree the art of concealing this oversight of nature simply by the way she arranged the clothes she wore.
她身材颀长苗条稍许过了点分,可她有一种非凡的才能,只要在穿着上稍稍花些功夫,就把这种造化的疏忽给掩饰过去了。 - Jefferson was generous to a fault
杰斐逊大方得过了头。 - He's lavish in his response to life and generous to a fault.
他对待生活慷慨大方,对待错误态度宽容。 - It is deliberate, fashioned by choices, generous to a fault; happy to put the other person's interests ahead of its own.
它是深思熟虑后的选择,是对过错的包容,是把对方的利益置于自己利益之上而心甘情愿的选择。 - He is tough to a fault is Joseph: but it's a great name, Sir.
不过这是个伟大的姓,先生。 - He's a very kind-hearted man, and generous to a fault.
他是一个心地很善良的人,但过分慷慨了。 - Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm.
别人会告诉你她有趣、聪明又热情,谦逊得过了头。 - "On the other hand, when the eyes are set too high up in the skull and too near the ears, it also amounts to a fault, the head being said to have a" foreign appearance.
其他方面,如果眼睛位置太高,太靠近耳朵,也属于有缺陷,称为“外国表情”。眼神应该显示出热情。 - Pilots were trying to repair a fault in the plane when it crashed
飞行员正在试图排除飞机故障的时候,飞机坠毁了。 - Aunt Kathy wants everything in her house to be exactly right; she is neat to a fault.
凯西姨妈要求她家里一切绝对井井有条。她爱整洁太过分了。