mistake

[mɪˈsteɪk]
  • 释义
  • n.

    错误;错事;

  • v.

    搞错;认错;

  • 词义辨析
  • mistake, error, fault, flaw
  • 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。
  • 下面两个句子的意思相同:
  • It was a mistake to appoint her.
    It was a mistake appointing her.
    任命她是一种错误。
  • mistake, confound, confuse
  • 这三个词共同的意思是“混淆”。它们之间的区别是:mistake强调产生进一步的后果或作出进一步的动作; confuse指由于未能区别两种类似的或有共同特点的事物而产生混淆; confound则通常强调由于思维混乱或愚笨而产生概念不清。
  • 双语例句
  • 1、

    I took your bag instead of mine by mistake.

    我错拿了你的手提包,还以为是我的呢.

    ——辞典例句
  • 2、

    Her mother sighed and rubbed out another mistake in the crossword puzzle.

    她的母亲叹了口气,擦去了纵横填字游戏里另一个填错的地方。

    ——柯林斯例句
  • 3、

    It's easy to make a mistake .

    犯错误很容易。

    ——《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
  • 4、

    When hay fever first occurs it is often mistaken for a summer cold.

    花粉病初期常被误认为是风热感冒。

    柯林斯例句
  • 5、

    There was no mistaking Magda's sincerity, or her pain.

    玛格达的真诚和痛苦都绝不可能是假装的。

    柯林斯例句
  • 6、

    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。

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  • 7、

    No one should mistake how serious the issue is.

    任何人都不该低估该问题的严重性。

    柯林斯高阶英语词典
  • 8、

    There was no mistaking (= it was impossible to mistake) the bitterness in her voice.

    她的声音里流露出怨恨的情绪,这是很明显的。

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  • 9、

    You must try to learn from your mistakes .

    你得从所犯错误中吸取教训。

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  • 10、

    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。

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  • 11、

    It's a common mistake (= one that a lot of people make).

    这是常犯的错误。

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  • 12、

    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。

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  • 13、

    There's no mistaking the eastern flavour of the food...

    那种食物就是东方风味,绝对错不了。

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  • 14、

    I mistook her offer as a threat.

    我把她的好心错看成威胁了。

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  • 15、

    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。

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  • 16、

    I made the mistake of giving him my address.

    我真不该把我的地址给他。

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  • 17、

    Her essay is full of spelling mistakes .

    她的文章到处都是拼写错误。

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  • 18、

    It's a common mistake among learners of English.

    这是学英语的人常犯的错误。

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  • 19、

    The waiter made a mistake (in) adding up the bill.

    服务员结账时算错了账。

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  • 20、

    I admit that I mistook his intentions.

    我承认我误解了他的意图。

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  • 21、

    The government completely mistook the feeling of the country...

    政府完全没有把握住该国民意。

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  • 22、

    They made the big mistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force...

    他们大错特错,居然认为以较少的兵力就能够夺取其边境地区。

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  • 23、

    This is a strange business and no mistake.

    这确实是件怪事。

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  • 24、

    Don't worry, we all make mistakes .

    没关系,我们都会犯错。

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  • 25、

    Children may eat pills in mistake for sweets.

    孩子们会把药片错当成糖果吃的。

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  • 26、

    It would be a mistake to ignore his opinion.

    忽略他的意见是不对的。

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  • 27、

    I mistook you for Carlos...

    我把你错当成卡洛斯了。

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  • 28、

    I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life...

    我认为把书本同生活混为一谈是大错特错。

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  • 29、

    ...spelling mistakes.

    拼写错误

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  • 30、

    a great/serious/terrible mistake

    大错;严重错误

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