defect

欠陥、不具合

物を不完全にしたり、正常に働かなくしたりする問題や弱点。

やさしい英語で： A problem or weakness that makes something imperfect or stops it working properly.

• The toy has a small defect.
• A design defect caused the machine to fail.
• All products with defects were returned to the factory.

使い方： a defect in something (They found a defect in the engine.)

類義語： fault, flaw, imperfection

よく使う表現： manufacturing defect, design defect, defect in something, minor defect

寝返る、亡命する

自分の国や政党、集団を離れて、対立する側に加わる。

やさしい英語で： To leave your country, political party, or group and join an opposing one.

• Three soldiers decided to defect.
• She defected from the governing party last year.
• The player defected to another country during an overseas tour.

使い方： defect from something (Several members defected from the ruling party.); defect to someone/something (The officer defected to the enemy.)

類義語： change sides, switch sides, desert

よく使う表現： defect from something, defect to something, defect to someone