| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/a-mistake |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:a mistakea mistakeThese words refer to things like actions or decisions that accidentally produce an unwanted and usually bad result. One of the most common words for this ismistake. A mistake is a thing you do or say that has a result you did not expect, and which is often not a positive result. It was just a silly mistake - no need to apologize. We made a mistake in letting him go to the party. "Sorry, but I think that's my umbrella, not yours?" "Oh, my mistake!" A common alternative is the nounerror. He admitted that he'd made an error. The letter contained a number of typing errors. A stupid mistake is sometimes described as ablunder. The company was struggling after a series of financial blunders. A small mistake can be described as aslip. It was an understandable slip. A mistake which causes confusion is often described as amix-up. There was a mix-up with the bags at the airport. An embarrassing mistake that someone makes when talking is sometimes described as agaffe. I made a real gaffe by calling her "Emma", which is the name of his previous girlfriend. The nounoversightis sometimes used to describe a mistake which someone makes by forgetting to do something. The payment was delayed because of an oversight in the accounting department. A mistake in which you say something that you did not intend to say is described as aslip of the tongue. It was a slip of the tongue - I meant to say "painless" not "painful". A mistake in printed text is called amisprintortypo. The newspaper article was full of misprints. Read over your CV carefully to make sure there are no typos. |
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