in default of

基本解释

The successor(s) second in order shall inherit in default of any successor first in order.
没有第一顺序继承人继承的，由第二顺序继承人继承。
Most agreements will indicate that you are in default of the agreement if you violate any of its provisions.
大多数协议都会指出如果你违反任何条约的话都按照该协议处理。
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撵走了。

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.
如果你想象这种自助餐厅的托盘，对的，那有点混乱的，默认的，它们从地板开始往上堆起来。
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The company has to have enough money on hand to pay out in the case of default.
保险公司必须储备足够的资金,以应对突发的保险事故
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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.
这主要取决于他们的才能,不过也包含其他方面,不管怎样,那个时候在希腊人的政治思维中,贵族统治就是初始的状态
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The lessees are seeking a judgment that they are not in default of the lease.
FORBES: Norfolk Southern v. Power REIT: Heads: Win Big; Tails: Lose Nothing