error
UK ['er.ər] US [-ɚ] noun countable or uncountable
ESSENTIAL
■a mistake 错误；谬误；差错•He admitted that he'd made an error.他承认犯了一个错误。 •The letter contains a number of typing errors.信中有一些打字错误。 •Human error has been blamed for the air crash.飞机坠毁被归咎于人为失误。 •With something as delicate as brain surgery, there is little margin for error (= you must not make mistakes).像做脑部外科手术这样精细的事情，不容许半点差错。 error of judgment
■a wrong decision 判断失误•Not telling the staff before they read the news in the papers was an error of judgment.没有在员工看到报上的消息前就告诉他们实情是个判断失误。 see the error of your ways
■to understand that you were wrong to behave in a particular way and start to behave differently 知错能改；意识到自己的做法错误而开始改正 |