a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
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How did a mistake like that slip by the printers? 像那样的一个错误怎么被排字工人忽略过去了呢?
A serious mistake has turned up in the planning. 在规划方面发生了一个严重的错误。
But to keep up with the fast-changing world, a leader also needs to have the foresight to predict what may go wrong as well as the courage to correct it. 在瞬息万变的今天,还要有预见社会发展的疏漏而知所纠偏的洞察力与勇气。