malfunction · breakdown · defect · shortcoming · fault · failure · impediment · error · bug (in software)

gù zhàng

g+ù·4th tonezh+àng·4th tone

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Two men are trying to get a handle on what's wrong with the car.

两个男人在检查汽车出了什么故障。

This process must be stopped immediately, otherwise the server will break down.

这个进程必须立即停止，否则服务器会故障。

The elevator seems to be out of order.

电梯好像故障了。

My laptop crashed.

我的笔记本电脑发生故障了。

The machine was too complicated for us to find out the cause of the trouble.

机器结構很複杂，我们找来找去也找不到故障的原因。

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