error

英 ['erə(r)] 美 ['erər]

• n. 错误；过失；误差；谬误

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C][U]错误

   a mistake

2. [C][U]过失,失误

   the state or quality of being wrong or mistaken

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 错误
2. 过失
3. 罪过
4. 差错
5. 【数】误差
6. 失误
7. 犯错误
8. 出错
9. 不正行为
10. 误信
11. 错打
12. 失错
13. 谬见
14. 误想
15. 误解
16. 【律】误审
17. 违法
18. 毛病
19. 纰漏

英英释义

Noun:

1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;

   "he made a bad mistake"
   "she was quick to point out my errors"
   "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
   

2. inadvertent incorrectness

3. a misconception resulting from incorrect information

4. (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

5. departure from what is ethically acceptable

6. (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

7. part of a statement that is not correct;

   "the book was full of errors"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He overlooked a spelling error on the first page.
   他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误。
2. An alert listener will have noticed the error.
   耳朵尖的人能听出这个错。
3. Every man is liable to error.
   人人都可能犯错误。
4. The accident was caused by human error.
   这宗事故是人为过失造成的。
5. Human error invoked the disaster.
   人的过失带来灾难。
6. Error analysis of the measurement system is given.
   给出了次测量系统的误差分析。
7. After several repetitions there still remains an error.
   重复数次之后仍然存在误差。
8. Custom without reason is but ancient error.
   习俗没有道理，古代谬误而已。
9. Divination is made up of a little error and superstition, plus a lot of fraud.
   占卜是由一些谬误和迷信构成，再加上大量的欺骗。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. She went through the typescript carefully to eliminate all errors from it.
   她认真地检查了打字稿,排除了所有的错误。
2. The accident was caused by human error.
   这宗事故是由人为过失造成的。
3. The accident was caused by an error of judgement on the part of the pilot.
   事故是领航员判断错误所造成的。
4. Jack used to be a thief, but now he's seen the error of his ways and is trying to rebuild his life.
   杰克过去是小偷,但是现已知过能改重新做人。

经典引文

• The general notion that springs are colder in summer and warmer in winter is but a vulgar error.

  出自： C. Lucas

• This circumstance has led those into error.

  出自： V. Knox

• Actions done in error.

  出自： B. Jowett

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• acknowledge〔admit〕 an error 承认错误
• amend〔correct〕 an error 改正错误
• avoid an error 避免错误
• commit〔make〕 an error 犯错误
• detect〔find, locate, uncover〕 an error 发现错误
• fall into error 误入歧途
• lead to errors 造成错误,导致错误
• point out an error 指出错误
• recognize one's error 认识自己的错误
• repeat the error 重犯错误

形容词+～

• bad〔common, spelling〕 error 严重〔普遍性,拼写〕错误
• fundamental error 根本性的错误
• grave〔gross, serious〕 error 严重错误
• human〔plain, technical〕 error 人为〔明显,技术性〕的错误
• statistical error 统计上的差错

名词+～

• speech error 讲话错误

～+介词

• error in calculation 计算错误
• error in diction 选词错误
• error of judgement 判断错误

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. error指违犯既定标准和规范而造成的“错误,过失”,而且会因此遭受严厉的责备。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

error, fault, flaw, mistake

• 这四个词都有“缺点,错误”的意思。其区别是：
• 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。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的errour，意为离开正道。

近反义词

【近义词】

• fault
• mistake

【反义词】

• correctness