| 单词 | error |
| 释义 | error (erəʳ ) Word forms: errors 1. variable noun B2 An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done. NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations. [+ in] MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment. [+ of] Synonyms: mistake, slip, fault, blunder 2. in error phrase If you do something in error or if it happens in error, you do it or it happens because you have made a mistake, especially in your judgment. The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile. Synonyms: accidentally, casually, unexpectedly, incidentally 3. to see the error of your ways phrase If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly. I wanted to talk some sense into him and make him see the error of his ways. Quotations: Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immenseReflections upon Exile Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as straight; and men may be as positive in error as in truthEssay Concerning Human Understanding Idioms: see the error of your ways to realize or admit that you have made a mistake or behaved badly I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: admin error Rarely, an admin error will mean the notes in front of the doctor aren't actually yours. The Sun (2012) She says she is guilty only of an admin error. The Sun (2009) You had two accounts that you owed money on but an admin error lumped both as one debt. The Sun (2014) A spokesman blamed 'an administrative error '. The Sun (2016) The company say they are very sorry for the trouble caused by this administrative error. The Sun (2013) It was a relatively minor administrative error, which they admitted. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Since last year, hospitals have been legally obliged to admit errors to patients. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The company admitted the error but said they had a legal right to have the money repaid. The Sun (2015) Failing to admit any error does not make the Prime Minister appear beyond reproach. Times, Sunday Times (2009) It's typical of them to make such a basic error. The Sun (2008) And it does not help when you make so many basic errors. The Sun (2013) So they make the basic error of abandoning their car and trying to walk back to the house. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The prison blamed 'human error' and launched an investigation. The Sun (2014) A technical error was blamed for the blunder. The Sun (2009) The errors were blamed on the introduction of a new IT system. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The organisation has made three cardinal errors in handling the crisis. Times, Sunday Times (2014) That cardinal error corrupted the whole of their investigation. Times, Sunday Times (2008) And as to advice for friends, are there any cardinal errors? Times, Sunday Times (2007) I have made a catastrophic error. The Sun (2013) That proved to be a catastrophic error. Times, Sunday Times (2011) In almost any walk of life a catastrophic error will cost you your job. The Sun (2014) They claim the forms only appeared now due to a clerical error. The Sun (2016) When queried by US journalists, this clerical error was corrected. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The bank had been guilty of far more than mere clerical errors, they were told. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The sentence contains several grammatical errors. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Did it contain an error or an ambiguity that I could not see? Times, Sunday Times (2009) His films contain errors of continuity and unmatched cuts, so at odds with the virtuoso flow. The Times Literary Supplement (2010) Was the report a costly error? Times, Sunday Times (2015) It could prove a costly error. Times, Sunday Times (2014) But the best thing to do after such a costly error is atone for it. The Sun (2016) The accident was caused by driver error. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Some suspect that this was driver error, others say that it was just rotten luck. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The car maker has consistently denied there is a manufacturing fault, saying it is driver error that causes the problem. Times, Sunday Times (2010) We apologise for the editing error. Times, Sunday Times (2015) An editing error muddled two entries in Birthdays Today (March 29). Times, Sunday Times (2014) Due to an editing error, National Right to Life Committee was originally listed incorrectly. Christianity Today (2000) Why did they make so many basic, elementary errors? Times, Sunday Times (2007) It was all going well until I realised my elementary error: forgetting to check the time. Times, Sunday Times (2008) What elementary error did their getaway driver make? Times, Sunday Times (2008) If any single error occurs during transmission then this error can not only be detected but can also be corrected as well. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The same relative error occurs in each calculation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If an error occurs, the new framework allows for an immediate driver restart without impacting the system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Suppose a single-qubit error occurs on the encoded quantum register. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Business applications can break when an unexpected error occurs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In the first article, we're using 'oversight' to mean scrutiny; in the second, it means an unintended error of omission. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps a book that tries to cast such a wide net, recommending books for every childhood ailment, will inevitably offend some in its errors of omission, under- or mis-representation. The Times Literary Supplement Others raise a concern about this use of zero-tolerance policies, a concern which derives from analysis of errors of omission vs errors of commission. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Errors of omission happen if thoughts that are part of the process are not mentioned. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Factual errors can be errors of omission or commission. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ignoring just one genuine complaint could be a fatal error. The Sun (2012) I cannot understand what made me make that fatal error. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The Socialists were committing a fatal tactical error. The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge As a quantitative measure, the forecast bias can be specified as a probabilistic or statistical property of the forecast error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The typical performance of demand sensing systems reduces near-term forecast error by 30% or more compared to traditional time-series forecasting techniques. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Forecast errors aren't necessarily independent of each other, just as an election opinion poll that overstates the support of a political party might influence other polls. Times, Sunday Times The rapid intensification was also difficult to forecast compared to average forecast errors in a ten-year period. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Some doctors suggest that research findings in affective forecasting errors merit medical paternalism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Our powers-that-be have also made a fundamental error - probably deliberate - in comparing the average spend on a bottle before deciding tax rates. The Sun Happily, this fundamental error makes her no less funny. Times, Sunday Times But there was a more fundamental error. Times, Sunday Times That was a fundamental error. Times, Sunday Times It was a fundamental error of technique. Times, Sunday Times His were the most glaring errors. Times, Sunday Times (2007) There was a glaring spelling error in the first line of his essay. The Sun (2007) The former New Zealand fly half had just made his one glaring error of the game. Times, Sunday Times (2006) The Sunday Times rarely makes grammatical errors. Times, Sunday Times (2010) My work had become excruciatingly slow and was full of grammatical errors. Times, Sunday Times (2015) He didn't get the job, but in an e-mail strewn with grammatical errors he was thanked profusely for applying. Times, Sunday Times (2012) For it would be a grievous error to conclude that what has happened in this case represents isolated errors by one force. Times, Sunday Times Such a 'small bargain' would be a grievous error; it would lack true trust and would not survive for long. Times, Sunday Times How much greater and culturally and socially diverse would the current fan base be had this grievous error not been allowed to take place? Times, Sunday Times But the grievous errors of the past cannot be ignored for ever. Times, Sunday Times They incorporate the customer's sort code and account number, as well as a two-digit 'check sum' [a code to identify errors]. Times, Sunday Times This helps identify errors and address objections prior to publication, allowing him to get the last word in the exchange. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 While most student misconceptions go unrecognized, there has been an informal effort to identify errors and misconceptions present in textbooks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In order to avail herself of the process, the patentee must identify errors in the original claims, thereby surrendering some of the broad claims she already has in return. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We've made too many individual errors. The Sun (2010) I don't think it makes sense to pick out any individual errors. Times, Sunday Times (2012) We have scored a lot of goals but we have to avoid individual errors. The Sun (2014) Prior to that work, there had been no attempt to introduce error bar calculations into sampling. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A clock with an accuracy of one in a million will introduce an error of one millionth of a second each second. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Starting with too small an initial step size can potentially introduce error into the final solution. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Language necessarily complicates and introduces error into the pure realm of form. The Times Literary Supplement To maintain the integrity of the laboratory process, the medical laboratory scientist recognizes factors that could introduce error and rejects contaminated or sub-standard specimens, as well as investigates discrepant results. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She had made a crucial error in the investigation. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The Committee found that officials were making errors in more than one in five cases. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He accepts he made a significant error of judgment and has apologised. Times, Sunday Times (2016) A margin of error of 200,000 lives? Times, Sunday Times (2016) This transition produced a sizeable margin of error. Corporate Cloak and Dagger (1994) This margin of error accounts for the effect of weighting. Christianity Today (2000) The margin of error was plus or minus four points. Times, Sunday Times (2016) And the margin of error is plus or minus two points. Times, Sunday Times (2007) But there may have been a measurement error. Times, Sunday Times Using this property with a large item bank, test information functions can be shaped to control measurement error very precisely. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, across a large number of individuals, the causes of measurement error are assumed to be so varied that measure errors act as random variables. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Examples of this include the failure to account for measurement error, or the failure to adequately control experiments for any parameters being measured. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The authors of this research conclude this measurement error may be sufficiently large to render many clinical decisions potentially erroneous. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Almost every ride we went on experienced some kind of mechanical error. The Sun Given such loss, the programme's clinical efforts to find out whether the crash was down to human or mechanical error feels all rather tasteless. Times, Sunday Times Some say that this was just a mechanical error. Christianity Today The biggest problem was not a mechanical error, however, but an operator error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Consider, for a moment, the language used after medical error. Times, Sunday Times In one breath it was a medical error, in another, something infinitely darker. Times, Sunday Times A study among anaesthetists showed that the use of mobiles by doctors reduced by 20 per cent the risk of medical error that resulted from communication delays. Times, Sunday Times However, subsequent reports emphasized the striking prevalence and consequences of medical error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Low health literacy reduces the success of treatment and increases the risk of medical error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Medication errors involving outpatients are thought to be more common than those involving inpatients. Times, Sunday Times Medication errors have been cut by 66 per cent and 30-day mortality (a key indicator) has fallen by 17 per cent. Times, Sunday Times In one study, the frequency of medication errors declined by 50% after prevention activities were implemented in a 700-bed hospital. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The company specializes in two areas: reducing medication errors and prevention of health care-associated infections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This benefit has had major implications in recent years given the prevalence and magnitude of medication errors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are some minor factual errors. The Times Literary Supplement (2012) It was a relatively minor administrative error, which they admitted. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He has also made minor errors, probably caused by a rush to meet the deadline. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He's there solely to judge whether there has been a clear and obvious error. The Sun It wasn't a clear and obvious error, though - it wasn't an error at all. The Sun The most obvious error was made with just six minutes remaining of a highly competitive game in which tackles were flying in constantly. Times, Sunday Times It was a judgment call by the referee, not a clear and obvious error. Times, Sunday Times It was a clear and obvious error for most people within football but has been ignored. The Sun Both were caused by a combination of operator error and design error. Times, Sunday Times It attributed the accident to operator error and lax practices. Times, Sunday Times But each of those mishaps proved, on closer inspection, to be down to basic operator error and nothing whatsoever to do with the fundamental hardware. Times, Sunday Times Investigators, in a report to be released soon, have backed their version and are set to find the ordeal was due to 'operator error', sources have confirmed. The Sun These incidents may be the result of poorly manufactured product, unexpected or unforeseen events, or in many cases, the result of operator error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Half of all fatal air accidents involve pilot error. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Initial reports in that case suggested pilot error. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He refused to say whether the findings suggested that pilot error led to the crash. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The case was finally halted due to 'a procedural error' by state prosecutors. Times, Sunday Times He made only one procedural error during the inquest, the judges said, and that had no significance. Times, Sunday Times It blamed 'a procedural error and the layout of the sheds'. The Sun In making such a procedural error, it meant the reading, though sky-high, was unlawfully taken. Times, Sunday Times But it rejected her claim there was a procedural error at the inquest. The Sun He didn't realize the error until he got to the airport. Times, Sunday Times (2010) By the time he realized the error, it was past redemption. Times, Sunday Times (2008) It was some minutes before bemused cabin crew realized the error and played the correct message. Times, Sunday Times (2009) He simply could not take advantage of a minor refereeing error. Times, Sunday Times (2014) A number of recent matches have been affected by innocently made refereeing errors. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The crucial refereeing error occurred as a compelling match reached a stunning climax. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We apologise for repeating this error. Times, Sunday Times (2016) There is a danger of repeating past errors. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Will that not just repeat the errors that got us into this mess? Times, Sunday Times (2008) Pressure to meet those expectations could be the reason for the recent comedy of financial reporting errors. ST Even minor reporting errors will incur €1,500 fines. Times, Sunday Times He has clearly been briefed on some of the crucial issues: the importance of staff as infection carriers; the dangers of a blame culture that stops staff reporting errors. Times, Sunday Times It found that membership reporting errors and a lack of internal controls resulted in the district not receiving their entitled state reimbursement. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The margin of sampling error was plus or minus 4.3 percentage points. Houston Chronicle Statisticians would call this a gross sampling error. Times, Sunday Times However, officials said that the change could be attributed to sampling error rather than to any significant change in the habits of small investors. Times, Sunday Times Overall results have a sampling error of plus or minus 1.25 percentage points. canada.com By significance level of 99%, the sample has sampling error of 2%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not calling an election was a serious error. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He has accepted that this was a serious error of judgment. The Sun (2010) His haste to return before the spring would prove to be a serious tactical error. JOSIAH THE GREAT: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King (2004) The notes are full of many small but significant errors. The Times Literary Supplement (2014) We aim to correct significant factual errors as soon as we can. The Sun (2015) He accepts he made a significant error of judgement and has apologised. The Sun (2016) He commanded his box and made some saves, then for the freekick he made a slight error of judgment and it cost us. The Sun You are liable to commit a slight error of judgment that proves costly. Times, Sunday Times However, many endgames are forced wins only with flawless play, where even a slight error would produce a different result. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Any slight error, such as a brush of the wall, costs time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the very much alive painter was certainly much alarmed by this slight error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Apple said the data are stored for up to a year because of a software error. Houston Chronicle Millions of clients could not access their accounts due to the software error. The Sun More than 3,600 divorced couples have been hit by a software error that miscalculated their settlements. Times, Sunday Times One in ten patients who opted out of having their data shared for research had the decision ignored because a software error went undetected for three years, the government admitted. Times, Sunday Times A software error in one application program could overwrite the memory (code or data) of one or all currently running application transactions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Yet these differences are still inside normal statistical error. Times, Sunday Times I'm afraid he commits a common statistical error. Times, Sunday Times They found businesses expected increases of about 3.3 per cent, within the expected range of statistical error. Globe and Mail Earlier indications of strong beneficial effects in the study were found to be a statistical error due to selection bias. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The authors found that, of twenty-three studies that had claimed to show correlation, nearly half contained at least one statistical error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Strategic error was compounded by arrogance in the field. Times, Sunday Times She still regarded the decision as a strategic error, however. Times, Sunday Times She's also made a strategic error, given she had a captive audience with time on their hands at home to stream to their heart's content. The Sun His decision to form a coalition was understandable but was nonetheless a huge strategic error. Times, Sunday Times The broadcasters have made a massive strategic error. Times, Sunday Times A system error meant that the price shown was incorrect. Times, Sunday Times (2010) No obvious technical issues or system errors have been discovered. Times, Sunday Times (2010) I called and was told it was a system error and that the direct debit had been set up incorrectly. The Sun (2015) But then he made a tactical error. Christianity Today (2000) His haste to return before the spring would prove to be a serious tactical error. JOSIAH THE GREAT: The True Story of The Man Who Would Be King (2004) What he can certainly not afford is tactical errors. Times, Sunday Times (2015) A technical error was blamed for the blunder. The Sun (2009) The technical error has left him unable to withdraw any money. The Sun (2015) A technical error delayed salary payments to thousands of accounts. Times, Sunday Times (2009) This means some funds have a greater tracking error than others. Times, Sunday Times Many also fail to track their underlying index - known as tracking error. Times, Sunday Times When looking for a passive fund find one with a low tracking error. Times, Sunday Times It has seen only a slight tracking error, returning 45.6 per cent over three years, against the index's 46 per cent. Times, Sunday Times This provides a similar benefit as the electronic linear tonearm without the complexity and necessity of servo-motor correction for tracking error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It helps control labor costs by reducing over-payments, which are often caused by transcription error, interpretation error and intentional error. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This kind of check will highlight transcription errors where two or more digits have been transposed or put in the wrong order. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This resulted in a few transcription errors, about which the scribe had to later inquire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Single errors and adjacent transpositions are the two most frequently appearing types of transcription errors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Errors can be found or introduced from human factors, such as transcription errors, or machine errors, such as misreads of paper ballots. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We came up with some uncharacteristic errors. Times, Sunday Times (2013) 'We are making uncharacteristic errors and poor decisions. The Sun (2015) 'The result was a massive disappointment with a lot of uncharacteristic errors. Times, Sunday Times (2014) She struggled to get her first serve consistently into play and her unforced error count was alarming. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The notion of the unforced error comes mainly from tennis. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Was it what you might call an unforced error too far? Times, Sunday Times (2009) Translations: Chinese: 错误 Japanese: 間違い |
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