A：I'd like to check in, please.
      我想登记办理住宿手续。

B：Awfully sorry, sir. There are no rooms available now.
      非常抱歉，先生。现在没有空房了。

A：But I have reserved a room the day before yesterday.
      但是我在前天已预定房间了。

B：Sorry. May I have your name?
      对不起，请问您的名字。

A：Tom Wang.
      汤姆，张。

B：Please wait a minute. Let me check. Excuse me, but I can't seem to find your name on our list. Are you sure you have a reservation for tonight?
      请等一下，我来查下记录…对不起，先生，名册上找不到您的大名。您确定您约定了今晚的房间了吗？

A：Of course, I did it myself.
      当然，我亲自预定的。

B：I'm terribly sorry. There must have been some mistakes. Let me check it again. Oh, yes. There is a name listed as Tom Huang. It must be the fault of the clerk who registered your name. I apologize.
      太抱歉了。一定是除了什么错误。让我再查查…是的，这有一个登记的名字是"汤姆，黄"。一定是登记的职员在记录您的名字时出了错。我再次表示抱歉。

fault的解释

A：Don't worry about that.
      没关系。

fault

B：According to the records, your reservation is for a single room with shower and air conditioner for two nights. The room rate will be $110 per night, including 10% tax and 4% service charge. Is it right?
      根据记录，您预定的是一个带有淋浴和空调的单人间，两个晚上。房费是每晚110美元，包括10%的税收和4%的服务费。对吗？

A：Yes, that's right. I'd like to pay my bill by credit card.
      对。我用信用卡结帐。

B：May I take a print of your card?
      我来打印一下信用卡的信息好吗？

fault什么意思

A：Here you are.
      好的。

B：OK. Now could you fill out this registration card?
      现在请您填一下住宿登记表吧。

A：All right.
      可以。

B：Your room number is 707. Here is your key. The bellhop will help you to carry the suitcases to your room.Have a nice evening.
      您是在707房间，这是门钥匙。行李员会帮您把箱子送到房间。祝您晚安。

1. 责任;过失;过错
    If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it.

    e.g. There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault...
           这全是他的错，这是无法回避的事实。
    e.g. A few borrowers will find themselves in trouble with their repayments through no fault of their own.
           一些借款人会发现，他们还款遇到了麻烦，但根本不是由于自身的过失造成的。

2. 错误;失误
    A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.

    e.g. It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.
           以为在商学院能学会如何管理人是一大错误。

3. 缺点;毛病
    A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.

    e.g. His manners had always made her blind to his faults.
           他的彬彬有礼总是使她对他的缺点视而不见。
    e.g. ...a short delay due to a minor technical fault...
           一个技术上的小故障引起的短暂延误

4. (无可)挑剔，找茬儿，指责
    If you cannot fault someone, you cannot find any reason for criticizing them or the things that they are doing.

    e.g. You can't fault them for lack of invention...
           你不能因为他们缺乏创新就指责他们。
    e.g. It is hard to fault the way he runs his own operation.
           他经营自己公司的方式无可指摘。

5. (地壳的)断层
    A fault is a large crack in the surface of the earth.

fault的近义词

    e.g. ...the San Andreas Fault.
           圣安德烈亚斯断层

6. (网球的)发球失误
    A fault in tennis is a service that is wrong according to the rules.

7. 有过错;有责任
    If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong.

fault什么意思

    e.g. He could never accept that he had been at fault...
           他怎么也无法承认是他的错。
    e.g. There are no indications that standard security arrangements were at fault.
           没有迹象表明例行的保安措施存在问题。

8. 挑剔;找茬儿;指责
    If you find fault with something or someone, you look for mistakes and complain about them.

    e.g. I was disappointed whenever the cook found fault with my work.
           每当厨师挑剔我干的活儿时，我都非常沮丧。

9. (好得)过分，过头
    If you say that someone has a particular good quality to a fault, you are emphasizing that they have more of this quality than is usual or necessary.

    e.g. Jefferson was generous to a fault...
           杰斐逊大方得过了头。
    e.g. Others will tell you that she is modest to a fault, funny, clever and warm.
           别人会告诉你她有趣、聪明又热情，谦逊得过了头。