error
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈer.ər/ us/ˈer.ɚ/
B2 错误；谬误；差错
a mistake
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，容不得半点差错。
error of judgment 判断失误
a wrong decision
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告诉他们实情是个判断失误。
The report described their refusal to send in ground troops as a serious error of judgment.
Senior police officers undoubtedly made errors of judgment as they struggled to contain unprecedented levels of violence.
Accepting the money was an error of judgment for which I have apologized unreservedly.
In later years, the prime minister admitted that he had made an error of judgment.
see the error of your ways 知错就改;意识到自己的做法错误而开始改正
to understand that you were wrong to behave in a particular way and start to behave differently
I hope you can see the error of your ways - otherwise, there is no future for you in this business.
We warned Chris that he needed to stop spending so much money, but it took him quite a while before he saw the error of his ways.
I'd spent a couple of years in prison and I'd seen the error of my ways.
She was quite selfish when she was younger, but she's seen the error of her ways.
The story is about a group of elephant poachers who see the error of their ways.
- More examples
- Hospital authorities admitted that a tragic error had taken place.
- The reason for the disaster was engine failure, not human error.
- The error occurred when someone left out the decimal point.
- Your essay is full of spelling errors.
- There are some serious errors and omissions in the book.