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音标：
/dɪ'fɔːlt/
英英释义：
If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.【不履行;未支付】
例句：
①The credit card business is down, and more borrowers are defaulting on loans.
信用卡业务出现了下滑，而且越来越多的借款者都不按期还款。
②The first warning signals came in March when the company defaulted on its initial payment of £30 million.
第一次出现警示信号是在3月份，当时该公司未能按时交纳3,000万英镑的首期付款。
这是一个超级高频的表达，《新闻周刊》一篇题为 Student debt is a curse upon America's future. Biden must wipe it out 的文章出现了两次：
同样，《新闻周刊》一篇题为 Biden's student loan forgiveness will make things worse 也出现了这个表达：
除此之外，我们平时最常见的关于“default”的意思可能是作为形容词，表示“默认的 ”【A default situation is what exists or happens unless someone or something changes it.】
举个栗子：
default settings
默认设置
这里再补充两个关于“default”的短语：
①by default (事情的发生)自动地(因可能阻止或改变结果之事未发生) 【If something happens by default, it happens only because something else which might have prevented it or changed it has not happened.】
举个栗子：
I would rather pay the individuals than let the money go to the State by default .
我宁愿把这些钱付给个人，也不愿它们因未作任何处置而自动地归国家所有。
②in default of 因…未发生;因…不可能 【If something happens in default of something else, it happens because that other thing does not happen or proves to be impossible.】
举个栗子：
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。
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zoom in （on）
（摄像机或摄影机）拉近镜头，进行近景拍摄[/scode]
英英释义：
If a camera zooms in on something that is being filmed or photographed, it gives a close-up picture of it.
例句：
①The spotlight zoomed in on him.
聚光灯照在他身上。
②He trained his camera on nature, sometimes zooming in to examine single leaves.
他把自己的照相机对准了大自然，时而拉近镜头仔细观察一片片的叶子。
《科学美国人》一篇题为 In every bit of nothing, there is something 的文章也出现了这个表达：
