• vi. 拖欠；不履行；不到场
• n. 违约；缺席；缺乏；系统默认值
• vt. 不履行；不参加（比赛等）；对…处以缺席裁判

de-, 向下，强调。fault, 过错，欺骗。1858年用于商务术语，指欺骗，违约。1966年用于计算机名词，无可选项，默认选项。

default (n.)

early 13c., "offense, crime, sin," later (late 13c.) "failure, failure to act," from Old French defaute (12c.) "fault, defect, failure, culpability, lack, privation," from Vulgar Latin *defallita "a deficiency or failure," past participle of *defallere, from Latin de- "away" (see de-) + fallere "to deceive, to cheat; to put wrong, to lead astray, cause to be mistaken; to escape notice of, be concealed from" (see fail (v.)). The financial sense is first recorded 1858; the computing sense is from 1966.

default (v.)

late 14c., "be lacking, be missing," also "become weak," from default (n.). Related: Defaulted; defaulting.

1. Malvolio becomes, in default of competition, the play's moral centre.

因为没有与其竞争者，马伏里奥自然成了该剧的道德核心。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The default is usually the setting that most users would probably choose.

默认选项通常是大多数用户都会选择的设置。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Death, not life, is the default state of cells.

细胞的常态是死亡而不是存活。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The company is in default on the loan.

这家公司拖欠借款。

来自《权威词典》

5. His car was repossessed because of default of monthly installment.

因为拖欠按月应付的分期付款,他的汽车被收回了.

来自《简明英汉词典》