单词 | err |
释义 | err (once / 91 pages) v When you err, you make a mistake or do something wrong. When a newspaper reporter errs in a printed story, the paper often prints a correction the next day. By itself, err, which shares a Latin root with error, is a formal way to say "mess up." The proverb "To err is human, to forgive divine" is an old-fashioned version of "Hey, everyone makes mistakes. Why don't you be the bigger person and let it go?" Err can also mean to go in a certain direction, as in another common saying, "Err on the side of caution," or "Play it safe." WORD FAMILYerr: errant, erred, erring, error, errs, inerrable+/errancy: errancies/errant: errancy, errantest, errantly, inerrant/erring: erringly, unerring/error: errorless, errors/inerrable: inerrably/inerrant: inerrancy, inerrantly/unerring: unerringly USAGE EXAMPLESOakland Council Chairman Michael Perkins says the board is simply “erring on the side of caution” for the community until that happens. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) The Georgia Supreme Court tossed an earlier murder conviction, saying the trial court erred by allowing the jury to hear about the trooper’s 1983 slaying. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) Equally unsettling — and horrifying — would be the possibility that officials erred in their prosecution and that innocent people were wrongly sent to jail. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1v make a mistake or be incorrect Syn|Hypo mistake, slip misremember remember incorrectly slip up, stumble, trip upmake an error misjudgejudge incorrectly fall forbe deceived, duped, or entrapped by underestimate, underratemake too low an estimate of overestimate, overratemake too high an estimate of miscalculate, misestimatejudge incorrectly 2v wander from a direct course or at random Syn|Hyper drift, stray cast, drift, ramble, range, roam, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically |
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