核心畫面
Picture something with a flaw built into it: the switch that does not connect, the argument with a broken step. It is not that the thing is missing — it is there, but there is something wrong inside it, so it does not do its job properly.
可以想成：一樣東西裡面就帶著毛病——接不上的開關、中間有一步斷掉的推論。它不是「沒有」，而是東西在那裡，但內部有問題…更多收起
可以想成：一樣東西裡面就帶著毛病——接不上的開關、中間有一步斷掉的推論。它不是「沒有」，而是東西在那裡，但內部有問題，所以做不好它該做的事。從機器搬到想法上，用的是同一個畫面。原始詞典資料2 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。
faultyadj/ˈfɒlti/
- 1
Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
- They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
- I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.
- 2
obsoleteAt fault, to blame; guilty.
- Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.
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。