/dɪˈfɔ:lt ||; dɪˈfɔlt/noun [sing] (computing计算机技术) a course of action taken by a computer when it is not given any other instruction 缺省设定，缺设（计算机没有接收到其他任何指令时自行设定的选择） by default because nothing happened, not because of successful effort 因对方弃权或缺席（而获胜等）: They won by default, because the other team didn't turn up.他们因另一队没有到场而以对方弃权获胜。
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/dɪˈfɔ:lt ||; dɪˈfɔlt/verb[I]
1default (on sth) to not do sth that you should do by law 不依法律做；不履行: If you default on the credit payments (= you don't pay them), the car will be taken back.如不按赊账规定付款，就要收回这辆车。
2 (computing计算机技术)default (to sth) to take a particular course of action when no other command is given 缺省设定，缺设（计算机没有接收到其他任何指令时按自行设定的选择操作）