error

[ˈerə(r)]
  • 释义
  • 错误,过失;

  • 词义辨析
  • error, fault, flaw, mistake
  • 这四个词都有“缺点,错误”的意思。它们的区别是:
    1.fault, flaw主要指“毛病,缺点”; mistake, error主要指“错误”。
    2.fault多指性格、心智状态、情绪、行为或习惯中的“缺点”。例如:
    The dean demands perfection in others, but cannot see faults in himself.系主任要求别人完美无缺,却看不到自己的缺点。
    3.error可指任何错误,也可指笔误,印刷上或计算上的错误。例如:
    Please pardon any error that you may discover in my letter.请原谅在我的信中你发现的一些错误。
    This book contains a lot of printer's errors.这本书有很多印刷错误。
    4.mistake指判断或理解方面的错误,或是由于缺乏思考或疏忽而造成的错误。例如:
    I used your ink by mistake.我用错了你的墨水。
    He made some spelling mistakes in his test paper.在考试试卷中,他犯了拼写错误。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    A minimal error or deviation may result in wide divergence.

    失之毫厘,谬以千里.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 2、

    Error is often the precursor of what is correct.

    错误常常是正确的先导.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 3、

    Here he fell into the common error of judging by appearances.

    在此他又犯了一般以貌取人的通病.

    《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 4、

    We must allow for human error.

    我们必须体谅人的过失.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 5、

    With so much evidence against him he had to acknowledge his error.

    在这么多的证据面前,他不得不承认错误.

    ——《现代英汉综合大词典》
  • 6、

    An error , the breadth of a single hair , can lead you a thousand li astray.

    差之毫厘, 谬以千里.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 7、

    Every error is captured, every decision picked to pieces.

    每个错误都会被抓住,每个决定都会被骂得一无是处。

    柯林斯例句
  • 8、

    Error is often the precursor of what is correct, but conceit is the prelude to a fall.

    错误往往是正确的先导, 骄傲是跌跤的前奏.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 9、

    The error sprang from carelessness.

    这个错误是由于粗心造成的.

    《简明英汉词典》
  • 10、

    Landing in bad weather is a tricky task for any pilot, even the smallest error can lead to disaster.

    在恶劣天气的条件下着陆对于任何飞行员都是一项危险的工作, 甚至极小的差错都可能酿成一场灾难.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 11、

    His error is of a serious nature.

    他的错误情节严重.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 12、

    The chances of an error occurring in a computer program increase with the size of the program.

    计算机程序越长,出错的概率也越大。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 13、

    The government has said it was an inadvertent error.

    政府声称那是因疏忽造成的过失。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 14、

    A moment's error can bring a lifelong regret.

    一失足成千古恨.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 15、

    The amount was misstated in the table because of an error by regulators.

    由于校准者的失误,图表里的数目并不准确。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 16、

    The accident was caused by human error.

    这一事故是人为错误造成的.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 17、

    The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.

    一枚北约的导弹误将那架飞机击落。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 18、

    His tiredness caused him to make a regrettable error.

    他由于疲劳而犯了个令人遗憾的错误.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 19、

    Owing to a typographical error, the town of Longridge was spelt as Longbridge.

    由于一个排印错误,朗里奇镇的名称Longridge被拼为了Longbridge。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 20、

    NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations.

    美国国家航空航天局在它的计算结果中发现了一个数学错误。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 21、

    Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem.

    政府没有承认错误,只是敷衍了事地处理问题。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 22、

    Not everybody is a sage. Who can be entirely free from error?

    人非圣贤, 孰能无过?

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 23、

    His error stems from selfishness.

    他犯错误的病根在于私心太重.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 24、

    The survey has a margin of error of 2.5%.

    测量的误差幅度为2.5%。

    ——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
  • 25、

    There's an accounting error in this entry.

    这笔账目里有差错.

    ——《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • 26、

    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.

    ——《简明英汉词典》
  • 27、

    He had made a humiliating tactical error and he had to go.

    他犯了一个让他颜面尽失的战术错误,只得引咎辞职。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 28、

    It was a diabolical error, a schoolboy error.

    那是个十分低级的错误,一个小学生才会犯的错误。

    ——柯林斯例句