| 单词 | mistake |
| 释义 | mistake (mɪsteɪk ) Word forms: mistakes , mistaking , mistook , mistaken 1. countable noun [oft by NOUN] A2 If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want. She made the mistake of going against her doctor's advice. [+ of] I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life. Jonathan says it was his mistake. There must be some mistake. He has been arrested by mistake. 2. countable noun A2 A mistake is something or part of something which is incorrect or not right. Her mother sighed and rubbed out another mistake in the crossword puzzle. ...spelling mistakes. 3. verb If you mistake one person or thing for another, you wrongly think that they are the other person or thing. I mistook you for Carlos. [VERB noun + for] When hay fever first occurs it is often mistaken for a summer cold. [VERB noun for noun] 4. verb If you mistake something, you fail to recognize or understand it. The government completely mistook the feeling of the country. [VERB noun] No one should mistake how serious the issue is. [VERB wh] Synonyms: misunderstand, misinterpret, misjudge, misread 5. there's no mistaking phrase You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it. [emphasis] There's no mistaking the eastern flavour of the food. There was no mistaking Magda's sincerity, or her pain. Quotations: We are built to make mistakes, coded for errorThe Medusa and the Snail The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything Collocations: past mistakes Where regular promotions elevate staff beyond their competence and shield them from past mistakes. The Sun How do we forgive ourselves for past mistakes without running from the consequences? Christianity Today Passion-wise, be your own best friend and work to turn past mistakes into confidence-builders. The Sun There's the confusion that comes of both past mistakes being exposed and the minor errors common to this cycle. Times, Sunday Times This time, past mistakes will not be repeated and you can feel your future become lighter, with so many shared good experiences lining up. The Sun The cheers were a clue because abolition would be a profound mistake. Times, Sunday Times But it would be a profound mistake to fire him. Times, Sunday Times This policy would be a profound mistake, jeopardising our position as a hub for the world's finest scientists and engineers. Times, Sunday Times The court has made a profound mistake. The Sun But downsizing would be a profound mistake. Times, Sunday Times Among proposals to rectify the mistake was a plan to give another chance to anyone who had missed promotion because of a tarnished personnel record. Times, Sunday Times Your supervisor will be looking to rectify the mistake and limit damage to the firm and the client. Times, Sunday Times It then failed to rectify this mistake despite your chasing the company by phone. Times, Sunday Times These colleges are our chance to rectify that mistake. Times, Sunday Times He had been unable to rectify his mistake before being overcome with smoke. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 We must be careful not to repeat the mistake made by the pessimists — namely of extrapolating too much from current trends. Times, Sunday Times The club are determined not to repeat that mistake. Times, Sunday Times Can they really be so determined to repeat their mistake? Times, Sunday Times It's one of the few cases where it's better to repeat a mistake than learn from it. Times, Sunday Times We must not repeat that mistake. Times, Sunday Times A rookie mistake, she thought: of course they were only for display. Times, Sunday Times He made the rookie mistake of not undoing his seatbelt first. The Sun As expected, he made plenty of rookie mistakes. Houston Chronicle The episodes include rookie mistakes, training sessions by veteran officers, and final evaluations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His fellow leaders had made a 'serious mistake' in abandoning their private positions, he added. Times, Sunday Times They were meant to keep the old system as a fallback but didn't, which was a serious mistake. Times, Sunday Times Surely now he has made a serious mistake. Times, Sunday Times The first serious mistake was to underestimate the equipment needs. Times, Sunday Times If not, imposing university quotas on the opposite assumption would be a serious mistake and - incidentally - unfair as well. Times, Sunday Times Another was advised not to make 'the silly mistake of not picking up' a particular investment. Times, Sunday Times Then we made a silly mistake after we didn't capitalise on our chances. The Sun I made a silly mistake and it's difficult to explain what happened. The Sun Only a silly mistake caught him out when it did. Times, Sunday Times For a player of his quality, it was a silly mistake to make. The Sun With the exception of a slight mistake at the open ditch on the far side final time, he didn't put a foot wrong. Times, Sunday Times He started 1-4 yesterday and apart from a slight mistake four out at the final ditch he never touched a twig. The Sun The dish will be more than satisfactory, however expert hands are necessary for cooking as a slight mistake will spoil the taste of the dish. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It's only a matter of time before he eliminates those slight mistakes from his game. Times, Sunday Times The slightest mistake may result in their scores being lowered. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That was a strategic mistake: we should be building bridges with unhappy generals. Times, Sunday Times A setting which may well have been the new show's first big strategic mistake. The Sun It could therefore prove a strategic mistake. Times, Sunday Times Then we made another strategic mistake. Christianity Today Yet this would have been a strategic mistake for they would have lost people, young and old, who could otherwise have enjoyed the game. Times, Sunday Times A tactical mistake, which cost her the world title a year ago, had haunted her season and a deep self-doubt still stirred. Times, Sunday Times I made a tactical mistake and that's going to eat away at me for a long time. Times, Sunday Times But when you've lost six out of seven and are making tactical mistakes each week, you can't afford to think ahead. Times, Sunday Times He seldom makes tactical mistakes; he even seldomer picks a fight he can't win. The Times Literary Supplement To this strategic blunder she added catastrophic tactical mistakes. Times, Sunday Times Now he feels he has made a terrible mistake. The Sun If you are a property owner, you may be familiar with the gnawing feeling, on completion, that you might have made a terrible mistake. Times, Sunday Times I tried to sleep, but couldn't for worrying whether the whole new-kitchen idea had been a terrible mistake. Times, Sunday Times Did this feel like a terrible mistake or was it something that you have been wanting to do if only you had the courage? The Sun If one of them makes a terrible mistake, if one of them drops the ball, then all five miss out on the money. Times, Sunday Times We could be making a tragic mistake allowing them to make these decisions for themselves. Times, Sunday Times But for her jockey's tragic mistake, she would probably have won. Times,Sunday Times A tragic mistake, for sure, and a mistake with horrific consequences. The Sun That my loss of office was a tragic mistake? Times, Sunday Times Nearly everyone in the political class today would regard what happened to town centres in the 1970s as a tragic mistake. Times, Sunday Times Costa described the incident as 'an unfortunate mistake'. Times, Sunday Times We regard this as an unfortunate mistake. Times, Sunday Times No one can deny there have been some unfortunate mistakes. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 错误, 弄错 Japanese: 間違い, 間違える |
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