| 释义 |
●by deˈfault1. a game or competition can be won by default if there are no other competitors （比赛）因对手缺席（而获胜）◆The other team didn’t even turn up, so we won by default.
另一个队根本没有到场，我们不战而胜。2. if sth happens by default, it happens because you have not made any other decision or choices which would make things happen differently 由于没有作出其他决定（或选择等）（而使某事发生）◆It was never my ambition to get into teaching. I became a teacher more by default than by choice.
我从来就没想过要教书，只不过是因为没有作出其他选择才成为教师的。 |
