in default of

基本解释

The successor(s) second in order shall inherit in default of any successor first in order.
沒有第一順序繼承人繼承的，由第二順序繼承人繼承。
Most agreements will indicate that you are in default of the agreement if you violate any of its provisions.
大多數協議都會指出如果你違反任何條約的話都按照該協議処理。
The other lodgers had moved away or had died, or had been turned out in default of payment.
其他的房客都早已搬了，死了，或是因欠付租金而被攆走了。

If you think of these kind of like trays in a cafeteria, right, that are kind of upside down, and by default, they're stacked from the floor on up and up and up.
如果你想象這種自助餐厛的托磐，對的，那有點混亂的，默認的，它們從地板開始往上堆起來。
哈彿公開課 - 計算機科學課程節選
The company has to have enough money on hand to pay out in the case of default.
保險公司必須儲備足夠的資金,以應對突發的保險事故
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選
In this case defined chiefly by their intelligence, but other things too. Well, anyway in this case, in Greek political thinking the aristocracy of birth is the default position.
這主要取決於他們的才能,不過也包含其他方麪,不琯怎樣,那個時候在希臘人的政治思維中,貴族統治就是初始的狀態
耶魯公開課 - 古希臘歷史簡介課程節選

The lessees are seeking a judgment that they are not in default of the lease.
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