err
/ɜː(r)/verb
no obj.
1- formal be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake〈正式〉出错; 犯错误：
the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible.
法官裁定那证据不予接受是错误的。
1.1
- often as adj. erring sin; do wrong作恶; 犯罪; 犯过错：
he had been as solicitous as an erring husband.
他关切得就像是个做错了事的丈夫。
短语
err on the right side
- act so that the least harmful of possible mistakes or errors is the most likely to occur为求稳妥而表现得谨小慎微。
err on the side of
- display more rather than less of (a specified quality) in one's actions（在行为上）更多地表现出（某种品质）：
it is better to err on the side of caution.
多一些谨慎总是好的。
to err is human, to forgive divine
- proverb it is human nature to make mistakes oneself while finding it hard to forgive others.〈谚〉犯错人皆难免, 宽恕则属超凡。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'wander, go astray'）： from Old French errer, from Latin errare 'to stray'.