| 单词 | mistake |
| 释义 | noun | verb mistakemistake1 /mɪˈsteɪk/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 1something that has been done in the wrong way, or an opinion or statement that is incorrect: mistake in The attorney admitted that she had made a mistake in the contract. The essay was full of spelling mistakes. The teacher points out common mistakes that students make in their writing. This can’t be the right hotel – there must be some mistake. We’d better start learning from our mistakes or this team will never win (=understanding what we have done wrong and not do it again).THESAURUSerror – error means the same as mistake, but is more formal: There were several factual errors in the newspaper report.blunder – a stupid careless mistake, especially one that has serious results: In a serious blunder by the hospital, two babies were sent home with the wrong parents.inaccuracy formal – a piece of information that is not completely correct: The author of the article has corrected several inaccuracies.misprint – a mistake in which a word is not spelled correctly or the wrong word is used, in something such as a newspaper or book: The magazine apologized for the misprint of her name and corrected it.mix-up informal – a mistake in which someone confuses one thing or person with another: There was a mix-up over the dates – I thought the meeting was this Thursday, when it was actually next Thursday.oversight formal – a mistake in which you forget to do something or do not notice something: He wrote a letter saying that the unpaid tax was just an oversight.slip – a small unimportant mistake that is easy to make, especially in something you say: The president made the embarrassing slip, not realizing that the microphone was on.gaffe – an embarrassing mistake that someone makes in public, especially one that shows he or she is not sensitive to other people’s feelings: The candidate’s gaffe yesterday on the campaign trail made many women angry.2something you do that is not sensible or has a bad result: Well, go ahead, but I think you’re making a mistake. Marrying him was the biggest mistake she had ever made. He won’t make the same mistake twice.make the mistake of doing something I made the mistake of giving him my phone number.it is a mistake to do something It is a mistake to rely on foreign oil supplies. She was determined not to repeat her parents’ mistakes.3by mistake if you do something by mistake, you do it incorrectly without intending to: Jodie opened John’s letter by mistake.SPOKEN PHRASES4we all make mistakes used when telling someone not to be worried when he or she has made a mistake5make no mistake (about it) (also let there be no mistake (about it)) used to emphasize that you are very certain about what you are saying, especially when you are warning someone about something: Make no mistake about it – I am not going to put up with this anymore.COLLOCATIONSverbsmake a mistake The hotel made a mistake with the bill.correct a mistake Luckily I was able to correct the mistake before my boss saw it.realize your mistake She didn’t realize her mistake until it was too late.admit/acknowledge a mistake It is better to admit your mistake and apologize.avoid a mistake The software helps workers avoid costly mistakes.mistakes happen Doctors are always extremely careful, but mistakes can happen.adjectives/nouns + mistakea common mistake A common mistake is to imagine that dogs think like humans.a little/small/minor mistake The essay was full of little mistakes.a bad/serious/grave mistake There was a serious mistake in the instructions.a silly/stupid/dumb mistake Don’t worry – we all make silly mistakes sometimes.a costly mistake The book helps small business owners avoid costly mistakes.an honest/innocent mistake (=a mistake, and not a deliberate action) Thomas admitted he had broken the law, but said that it had been an honest mistake.an easy mistake (to make) She looks like her sister, so it’s an easy mistake to make.a spelling mistake She spotted two spelling mistakes in the article.a strategic/tactical mistake (=a mistake in your plan of how to do something) The candidate seems to have made a strategic mistake by not campaigning in the state.a fatal mistake (=one that causes something to end, or kills someone) He had almost made a fatal financial mistake.a fundamental mistake (=a basic mistake) New managers sometimes make the fundamental mistake of doing their employees’ work for them. noun | verb mistakemistake2 ●●○ verb (past tense mistook /-ˈstʊk/, past participle mistaken /-ˈsteɪkən/) [transitive] 1to understand something wrongly: Krauss mistook her silence, thinking she was angry.2there is no mistaking somebody/something used to say that you are certain about something: There was no mistaking the threat in his voice.3you can’t mistake somebody/something used to say that someone or something is very easy to recognize: You can’t mistake her – she looks just like her mother. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old Norse mistaka]mistake somebody/something for somebody/something phrasal verb to wrongly think that one person or thing is someone or something else: Lyme disease is often mistaken for arthritis. |
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