slip up

Word family nounslippageslipperinessslipcaseslipformslipknotsliprailslip roadslipstreamslipwayslipwareadjectiveslipperslipperyslipshodadverbslipperilyverbslip

Examples from the Corpus

slip up• We'll just have to hope that the other teams slip up.• He slipped up on just one detail.

slip on• Not much danger of his Commander letting him slip up on that, he thought drily.

ˈslip-up noun [countableC]

MISTAKEa careless mistake 失误，疏忽

We cannot afford another slip-up.

我们不能再有任何失误了。

► see thesaurus at mistake

Examples from the Corpus

slip-up• This whole situation only happened because of a slip-up by the bank.• I hope it was a slip-up rather than genuine ignorance.• A slip-up now and an extra, unscheduled recording break will be necessary.• It's a tough league to win and slip-ups at this stage of the season could be fatal.• He also looked over our shoulders while we plotted the charts, watching for any slip-ups.• By then he had made a fatal slip-up, the court was told.• No time for slip-ups, but the odds must now be on Oxford avoiding the drop.• If we are going to win the contract, we can't afford any more slip-ups.• Despite these slip-ups, I came back for another visit.• Despite a few unfortunate slip-ups, we finished on time.

From Longman Business Dictionary

slip up phrasal verbphr v [intransitiveI]

to make a mistake

Where you slipped up was selling to the first bidder.

→ see also slip-up

→ slip

slip-upˈslip-up noun [countableC]

a careless mistake that spoils a process or plan

Slip-ups by the company’s management resulted in the launch failure.

单词	slip up
释义	slip up Word family nounslippageslipperinessslipcaseslipformslipknotsliprailslip roadslipstreamslipwayslipwareadjectiveslipperslipperyslipshodadverbslipperilyverbslip Examples from the Corpus slip up• We'll just have to hope that the other teams slip up.• He slipped up on just one detail. slip on• Not much danger of his Commander letting him slip up on that, he thought drily. ˈslip-up noun [countableC] MISTAKEa careless mistake 失误，疏忽 We cannot afford another slip-up. 我们不能再有任何失误了。 ► see thesaurus at mistake Examples from the Corpus slip-up• This whole situation only happened because of a slip-up by the bank.• I hope it was a slip-up rather than genuine ignorance.• A slip-up now and an extra, unscheduled recording break will be necessary.• It's a tough league to win and slip-ups at this stage of the season could be fatal.• He also looked over our shoulders while we plotted the charts, watching for any slip-ups.• By then he had made a fatal slip-up, the court was told.• No time for slip-ups, but the odds must now be on Oxford avoiding the drop.• If we are going to win the contract, we can't afford any more slip-ups.• Despite these slip-ups, I came back for another visit.• Despite a few unfortunate slip-ups, we finished on time. From Longman Business Dictionary slip up phrasal verbphr v [intransitiveI] to make a mistake Where you slipped up was selling to the first bidder. → see also slip-up → slip slip-upˈslip-up noun [countableC] a careless mistake that spoils a process or plan Slip-ups by the company’s management resulted in the launch failure.
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