GbEng
如果机器出故障，就把开关关掉。 Turn off the switch when anything goes wrong with the machine.
飞机在大西洋中部飞行时, 其中一个发动机出了故障. One of the plane's engines gave out in mid-Atlantic.
我们原计划去游览，但后来汽车出了故障，没有去成。 They made plans for a visit, but subsequent difficulties with the car prevented it.
气流分离移动的流线型的躯体上流体边界层上的分隔物，如飞机的机翼，在平滑的流体流动中会引起故障和湍流 A separation in the boundary layer of fluid about a moving streamlined body, such as the wing of an airplane, causing a breakdown in the smooth flow of fluid and resulting in turbulence.
设备中有故障. There's a bug in the system.
通风设备出故障了。 The ventilation isn't working.
这故障数月来未引起注意. The fault escaped observation (ie was not spotted) for months.
用于修饰或说明与故障或错误的检测和隔离有关的特性。 Pertaining to the detection and isolation of a malfunction or mistake.
当飞机上的灯一下子熄灭时，旅客显得很紧张，但当机长告诉他们这只不过是一次电气故障，很快就会修好时，他们才放下心来。 The passengers became alarmed when the lights went out on the plane, but the captain put their minds at rest when he told them it was only a minor electrical fault and it would soon be repaired.
由於技术上出现临时故障而发射延期. The launch was delayed by a technical hitch.
由於发动机突然出现故障, 飞行员不得不（在爱尔兰海上）紧急降落. A sudden engine failure forced the pilot to ditch (in the Irish Sea).
我们的全部电机都包换1年；如出现机械故障，任何有故障的零部件均由制造厂无偿更换。 All our electric motors are guaranteed for one year; in the event of mechanical failure, the makers will replace any faulty part free.
在计算机程序运行过程中发生的一种不希望有的或意料之外的停机，一般是由于编码失误、硬件故障或操作者的错误而引起的。参阅run。 In computing, an unwanted or unforeseen halt in a program run, due to faulty coding, hardware errors or operator mistakes.