error
noun OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈerə(r)/
/ˈerər/
[countable, uncountable]Idioms - a mistake, especially one that causes problems or affects the result of something
错误；差错；谬误 - spelling/typographical/grammatical errors
拼写/印刷/语法错误 - The report contains some factual errors that must be corrected.
该报告包含一些必须纠正的事实错误。 - They committed the fatal error of misjudging the weather conditions.
他们犯了误判天气状况的致命错误。 - error in something There are too many errors in your work.
你的工作失误太多。 - error in doing something I think you have made an error in calculating the total.
我想你在计算总数时出了差错。 - error of something A simple error of judgement meant that there was not enough food to go around.
一个简单的判断错误就意味着食物不够每人一份。 - an error of fact/principle
事实/原则上的错误 - a serious/grave error
严重的错误 - a glaring error (= a mistake that is very obvious)
明显的错误 - in error The computer system was switched off in error (= by mistake.)
计算机系统被错误关闭。 - There is no room for error in this job.
这项工作决不允许出差错。 - I get an error message whenever I try to log on.
每当我尝试登录时，都会收到一条错误消息。 - His attempts to arrange a party ended up as a comedy of errors (= he made so many mistakes it was funny).
他尝试安排聚会，结果闹了笑话。
Synonyms mistakemistakesee also hard error, human error, margin of error, sampling error, soft error, standard error- 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
- Thousands of medical errors occur every year in the nation's hospitals.
全国医院每年都会发生数千起医疗事故。 - No payments were made last week because of a computer error.
由于计算机出错，上周未付任何款项。 - Almost all accidents start with a simple error by the pilot.
几乎所有的事故都是从飞行员的一个简单错误开始的。 - Do not repeat the errors of your parents and grandparents.
不要重蹈你父母和祖父母的覆辙。 - Have the courage to admit your error.
要有承认错误的勇气。 - He checked his letter for errors in spelling.
他检查信件，查找拼写错误。 - He had committed a grave error in letting them see the document.
他让他们看了文件，铸成了大错。 - He made the fatal error of borrowing more than he could pay back.
他犯了个致命的错误，借的钱超过了自己的偿还能力。 - He realized his error in not attending the funeral.
他意识到没参加葬礼是个错误。 - His research interests include measurement error in survey research.
他的研究兴趣包括对勘测研究中的测量误差探讨。 - I found several factual errors in the report.
我发现报告中有几个事实性错误。 - I only realized my error when it was too late.
我意识到错误时已经太迟了。 - She has avoided the common error of writing too much.
她避免了写得过多这个常见错误。 - She made several serious errors during the race.
赛跑中她犯了几个严重错误。 - Thank you for catching that silly error on my part.
谢谢你发现了我那愚蠢的错误。 - The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast.
肯尼亚运动员犯了战术错误，起步时跑得太快。 - The ability to learn from past errors is vital in business.
吃一堑长一智对于经商非常重要。 - The difference is due to a rounding error in the first calculation.
这一差异是由首次计算中的舍入误差造成的。 - The document contained a lot of typing errors.
这份文件有许多打字错误。 - The error was pointed out to her by one of her colleagues.
这个错误是一个同事告诉她的。 - The minister had made an amazing error of judgement.
部长犯了一个令人惊讶的判断错误。 - The paper accidentally printed the victim's address, then compounded their error by printing her name the next day.
报纸无意中刊出了受害者的地址，第二天又登出她的姓名，真是一错再错。 - The report contained some glaring errors.
报告中有些明显的错误。 - The speech contained many errors of fact.
演讲中有许多与事实不符的错误。 - We regret the clerical error made in the letter sent to Mr Finlay.
我们对寄给芬利先生信中的笔误表达歉意。 - errors arising from inadequate information
由于信息不足造成的错误 - errors caused by illegibly written orders
难以辨识的手写指令导致的错误 - machines with relatively high error rates
故障率相对较高的机器 - the use of computer systems to reduce hospital errors
使用计算机系统以减少医院方面的失误 - He accused the prime minister of committing a serious error of judgement.
他指责首相判断严重失误。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- egregious
- fundamental
- glaring
- …
- commit
- make
- cause
- …
- arise (from something)
- occur
- result (from something)
- …
- detection
- correction
- message
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- in error
- error in
- a comedy of errors
- an error in judgement/judgment
- an error of judgement/judgment
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词源Middle English: via Old French from Latin error, from errare ‘to stray, err’. - spelling/typographical/grammatical errors
Idioms
see, realize, etc. the error of your ways
- (formal or humorous) to realize or admit that you have done something wrong and decide to change your behaviour
知过即改；承认自己的做法不对并决心改正 - Will they realize the error of their ways before it is too late?
他们能及时意识到自己在方式方法上的错误吗？
- Will they realize the error of their ways before it is too late?
trial and error
- the process of solving a problem by trying various methods until you find a method that is successful
反复试验；不断摸索 - Children learn to use computer programs by trial and error.
儿童通过反复摸索才学会运用计算机程序。
- Children learn to use computer programs by trial and error.