因為沒人動作而定下的結果
空格沒被填之後，事情還是會有結果——只是這個結果不是誰決定的，而是「沒有人去改它」造成的。這一支全部靠介系詞片語出現。
by default (happens through no action) · noun · B2
A result that happens only because nobody did anything to change it.
因無作為而發生
核心畫面
Picture a slot where an action was supposed to go, and nothing went into it: the payment was not made, the player did not turn up, no one chose an option. The word names that empty slot — and then, in a second step, whatever fills the gap when nobody acts. That is why one word covers 'failing to pay a loan' and 'the setting your phone came with': in both, the thing happened because nothing was done.
可以想成：有一個格子本來應該被填上動作，結果它空著——錢沒還、選手沒出現、沒有人做選擇。default 先是指那個空…更多收起
可以想成：有一個格子本來應該被填上動作，結果它空著——錢沒還、選手沒出現、沒有人做選擇。default 先是指那個空格；接著再往前走一步，指「沒有人動作時，自動遞補上來的東西」。這樣就能理解為什麼同一個字既是「貸款違約」又是「手機的預設值」：兩邊都是因為「沒做什麼」，事情才變成那樣。From the picture
沒特別指定時就用的那一個
再往前一步：既然「沒有人選」也得有東西頂上，那就事先安排好一個。這時 default 從「空缺」變成「填空缺的那個東西」——它一直在那裡，直到你動手換掉。
computer preset setting · noun · B1
The way a computer or app is set up to work unless you change it yourself.
預設值／預設設定
Also in this word
failing a legal duty · noun · C1
A failure to do something that the law or your duty says you must do.
（法律上的）不履行
failing to repay debt · noun · C1
A failure to pay back money you owe at the time you are supposed to.
違約／拖欠（款項）
fail to repay debt · verb · C1
To fail to pay back money you owe at the time you are supposed to.
違約／拖欠（還款）
fail a required duty · verb · C1
To fail to do something you are supposed to do, especially something the law says you must do.
不履行（義務）
原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
defaultnoun/dɪˈfɒlt/
- 1
businessfinanceThe condition of failing to meet an obligation.
- He failed to make payments on time, and he is now in default.
- You may cure this default by paying the full amount within a week.
- 2
businessfinanceThe condition of being an obligation that has not been met.
- The deadline has passed, so the debt is now in default.
- 3
businesscomputingelectrical-engineeringthe original software programming settings as set by the factory
- 4
A loss incurred by failing to compete.
- The team's three losses include one default.
- 5
A selection made in the absence of an alternative.
- The man became the leader of the group as a default.
- One of the darlings of the early vegetarian movement (particularly in its even sadder form, the cutlet), it was on the menu at John Harvey Kellogg's Battle Creek Sanitarium [sic], and has since become the default Sunday option for vegetarians – and a default source of derision for everyone else.
- 6
A value used when none has been given; a tentative value or standard that is presumed.
- If you don't specify a number of items, the default is 1.
- 7
lawThe failure of a defendant to appear and answer a summons and complaint.
- 8
obsoleteA failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires.
- This evil has happened through the governor's default.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
- 9
obsoleteLack; absence.
- one was dragging a great coat from the window, before which it had long hung as a blind, in total default of glass or shutters
- 10
obsoleteFault; offence; wrong act.
- regardless of our merit or default
defaultverb/dɪˈfɒlt/
- 1
lawTo fail to meet an obligation.
- 2
businessfinanceTo fail to meet an obligation.
- to default on a loan
- 3
To lose a competition by failing to compete.
- If you refuse to wear a proper uniform, you will not be allowed to compete and will default this match.
- 4
computingengineeringmathematicsTo assume a value when none was given; to presume a tentative value or standard.
- If you don't specify a color, it defaults to red.
- It defaults your application to Windows authentication mode, and if you want to use forms mode, you can just change it in the authentication section of the file.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。