1 N-VAR 错误;差错 An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done. 错误;差错
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NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations. [+ in]
美国国家航空航天局在它的计算结果中发现了一个数学错误。
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MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment. [+ of]
议员们抨击管理的松散和判断的失误。
SYN mistake, slip, fault, blunder
2 PHRASE 错误地;失误地 If you do something in error or if it happens in error, you do it or it happens because you have made a mistake, especially in your judgment. 错误地;失误地
SYN accidentally, casually, unexpectedly, incidentally
3 PHRASE (认识到)错误;(意识到)失误 If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly. (认识到)错误;(意识到)失误
Quotations
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense Henry St. John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Reflections upon Exile
Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as straight; and men may be as positive in error as in truth John Locke Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Word Partnership | Use error with: |
ADJ. | clerical error, common error, fatal error, human error 1 |
VERB. | commit an error, correct an error, make an error 1 |
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