/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。