| 单词 | mistake |
| 释义 | mistake (once / 56 pages) nv A mistake is an error, a goof, a slip-up. When you make a mistake, you've done something incorrectly. Mistake has a lot of uses, but they all have to do with doing the wrong thing. A mistake in math class will result in the wrong answer, but a mistake with a gun could get someone killed. If you mix up two people, you're mistaking one for the other. When you make a mistake, the best thing to do is admit it and try to make up for it; not apologizing for a mistake is another mistake. WORD FAMILYmistake: mistakable, mistaken, mistakes, mistaking, mistook+/mistakable: mistakably, unmistakable/mistaken: mistakenly/mistaking: mistakings/unmistakable: unmistakably USAGE EXAMPLESAll that bought the Colts was another disappointing season, and now Irsay must decide whether he’s willing to admit a mistake so soon. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Parsing the specifics is part of Cousins’s job, how he learns from mistakes and moves on. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) He provided more goofy celebrations and retained composure every time his slightest mistake became a local crisis. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention he made a bad mistake Syn|Hypo|Hyper error, fault blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain an act that brings discredit to the person who does it confusion, mix-upa mistake that results from taking one thing to be another incursionthe mistake of incurring liability or blame miscalculation, misestimation, misreckoninga mistake in calculating distortionthe mistake of misrepresenting the facts miscue, parapraxis, slip, slip-upa minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. offside(sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) lapse, oversighta mistake resulting from inattention omission, skipa mistake resulting from neglect bloomer, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, pratfallan embarrassing mistake balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-upsomething badly botched or muddled betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupiditya stupid mistake renege, revokethe mistake of not following suit when able to do so failurean unexpected omission bobblethe momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball backfire, boomeranga miscalculation that recoils on its maker rounding, rounding error(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from rounding off numbers to a convenient number of decimals truncation error(mathematics) a miscalculation that results from cutting off a numerical calculation before it is finished Freudian slipa slip-up that (according to Sigmund Freud) results from the operation of unconscious wishes or conflicts and can reveal unconscious processes in normal healthy individuals spectaclea blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself bulla serious and ludicrous blunder fumble, muff(sports) dropping the ball fluffa blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) faux pas, gaffe, gaucherie, slip, solecisma socially awkward or tactless act howlera glaring blunder clangera conspicuous mistake whose effects seem to reverberate misstep, stumble, trip, trip-upan unintentional but embarrassing blunder nonaccomplishment, nonachievement an act that does not achieve its intended goal 2n an understanding of something that is not correct he wasn't going to admit his mistake make no mistake about his intentions Syn|Hyper misapprehension, misunderstanding misconception an incorrect conception 3n part of a statement that is not correct Syn|Hypo|Hyper error corrigendum a printer's error; to be corrected erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical errora mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind misstatement a statement that contains a mistake 4v identify incorrectly Don't mistake her for her twin sister Syn|Hypo|Hyper misidentify confound, confuse mistake one thing for another identify consider to be equal or the same 5v to make a mistake or be incorrect Syn|Hypo err, slip misremember remember incorrectly slip up, stumble, trip upmake an error misjudgejudge incorrectly fall forbe deceived, duped, or entrapped by underestimate, underratemake too low an estimate of overestimate, overratemake too high an estimate of miscalculate, misestimatejudge incorrectly |
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