n.[U]

1. 不履行，違約，拖欠
   be in default on a loan

   拖欠借款

2. 不參加（比賽）；（中途）棄權
   The other team didn't arrive, so our team won by default.

   由於對方球隊未到，我隊以其棄權而獲勝。

3. 【律】缺席
   A default judgment was issued against the defendant.

   被告受到了缺席審判。

4. 【電腦】預設值，隱含值，系統默認值

vi.

1. 不履行，拖欠[（+on/in）]
   Let's both try not to default on our commitments.

   讓我們雙方一起努力，不違反自己的承諾。

2. 不出場；不參加；不到案；棄權
   The player defaulted in the tournament because of her injury.

   在這次循環賽中，這位運動員由於受傷而棄權。

vt.

1. 不履行，拖欠
   Foreign debts were defaulted.

   外債沒有如期償還。

2. 對……處以缺席裁判
3. 不參加（比賽）

n.

1. failure to fulfil an obligation, especially to repay a loan or appear in a law court.
2. a preselected option adopted by a computer program or other mechanism when no alternative is specified.

v.

1. fail to fulfil an obligation:
   some had defaulted on student loans.
   ▸declare (a party) in default and give judgement against that party.
2. (default to) revert automatically to (a preselected option).