mistake
noun /mɪˈsteɪk/
/mɪˈsteɪk/
Idioms - an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want
（言语或行为上的）错误，失误 - It's easy to make a mistake.
犯错误很容易。 - Don't worry, we all make mistakes.
没关系，我们都会犯错。 - You are making a big mistake.
你正在犯一个严重的错误。 - Leaving school so young was the biggest mistake of my life.
我一生中最大的错误就是那么年轻就离开了学校。 - a terrible/serious/huge mistake
可怕的/严重的/巨大的错误 - It’s a common mistake (= one that a lot of people make).
这是常犯的错误。 - You must try to learn from your mistakes.
你得从所犯错误中吸取教训。 - He is determined not to repeat the mistakes of his predecessors.
他决心不再重蹈前任的覆辙。 - This letter is addressed to someone else—there must be some mistake.
这封信是给别人的，一定是搞错了。 - the mistake of doing something I made the mistake of giving him my address.
我真不该把我的地址给他。 - it is a mistake to do something It would be a mistake to ignore his opinion.
忽略他的意见是不对的。 - It was a big mistake on my part to have trusted her.
我相信了她，这是我的一大错误。
Topics Opinion and argumenta1, Difficulty and failurea1- All those problems because of one little mistake!
所有这些问题都是因为一个小差错！ - Don't make the same mistake as I did.
别犯和我一样的错误。 - Don't worry about it—it's an easy mistake to make!
别再不安了 － 这是个很容易犯的错误！ - I kept telling myself that it was all a terrible mistake.
我不停地告诉自己，这只是场可怕的误会。 - I made a mistake about her.
我误解她了。 - It is a great mistake to assume that your children will agree with you.
想当然地认为孩子们会和你意见一致是大错特错了。 - It would be a mistake to think that this is a cheap option.
认为这是一个廉价的选择是错误的。 - Mistakes are bound to happen sometimes.
错误有时会不可避免地发生。 - Ordinary people are paying for the government's mistakes.
老百姓在为政府的失误付出代价。 - The company has learned from its past mistakes.
公司从过去的失误中吸取了教训。 - They all commit similar mistakes.
他们都犯相似的错误。 - This dress was an expensive mistake.
买这件裙子是个错误，还那么贵。 - Too late, she realized her mistake.
她意识到自己错了，但为时太晚。 - We can help you avoid costly mistakes.
我们可以帮你避免代价高昂的错误。 - Be willing to admit your mistakes.
愿意承认自己的错误。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- colossal
- great
- …
- make
- commit
- repeat
- …
- happen
- occur
- by mistake
- mistake about
- all a mistake
- an easy mistake to make
- make the mistake of doing something
- …
- It's easy to make a mistake.
- a word, figure, etc. that is not said or written down correctly
（用词或数字等上的）错误，口误，笔误 - It's a common mistake among learners of English.
这是学英语的人常犯的错误。 - Her essay is full of spelling mistakes.
她的文章到处都是拼写错误。 - If students correct their own mistakes, learning improves.
如果学生改正自己的错误，学习就会进步。 - mistake (in) doing something The waiter made a mistake (in) adding up the bill.
服务员结账时算错了账。
Synonyms mistakemistake- error
- inaccuracy
- slip
- howler
- misprint
- mistake a word or figure that is not said or written down correctly:
- It’s a common mistake among learners of English.
这是学英语的人常犯的错误。 - spelling mistakes
拼写错误
- It’s a common mistake among learners of English.
- error (rather formal) a word, figure, etc. that is not said or written down correctly:
指用词、数字等的错误、口误、笔误： - There are too many errors in your work.
你的工作失误太多。
- There are too many errors in your work.
- inaccuracy (rather formal) a piece of information that is not exactly correct:
指信息不准确、有误： - The article is full of inaccuracies.
这篇文章里不准确的地方比比皆是。
- The article is full of inaccuracies.
- slip a small mistake, usually made by being careless or not paying attention
指常因粗心或未予以重视造成的差错、疏漏、纰漏 - howler (informal, especially British English) a stupid mistake, especially in what somebody says or writes:
- The report is full of howlers.
这份报告错漏百出。
- The report is full of howlers.
- misprint a small mistake in a printed text
指印刷文本上的错误
- a(n) mistake/error/inaccuracy/slip/howler/misprint in something
- to make a(n) mistake/error/slip/howler
- to contain/be full of mistakes/errors/inaccuracies/howlers/misprints
- It isn't possible to eliminate all mistakes.
要清除所有错误是不可能的。 - The teacher kindly pointed out the mistake.
老师善意地指出了错误。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- colossal
- great
- …
- make
- commit
- repeat
- …
- happen
- occur
- by mistake
- mistake about
- all a mistake
- an easy mistake to make
- make the mistake of doing something
- …
- It's a common mistake among learners of English.
词源late Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse mistaka ‘take in error’, probably influenced in sense by Old French mesprendre.
Idioms
and no mistake
- (old-fashioned, especially British English) used to show that you are sure about the truth of what you have just said
准确无误；毫无疑问 - This is a strange business and no mistake.
这确实是件怪事。
- This is a strange business and no mistake.
by mistake
- by accident; without intending to
错误地；无意中 - I took your bag instead of mine by mistake.
我不巧错拿了你的包。
- I took your bag instead of mine by mistake.
in mistake for something
- thinking that something is something else
误以为是；错看成 - Children may eat pills in mistake for sweets.
孩子可能会把药片错当成糖果吃。
- Children may eat pills in mistake for sweets.
make no mistake (about something)
- used to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you want to warn somebody about something
别搞错；注意 - Make no mistake (about it), this is one crisis that won’t just go away.
要知道，这是一场不会自行消失的危机。
- Make no mistake (about it), this is one crisis that won’t just go away.