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error n.错误；过失；误差；谬误 (1) 他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误。(2) 耳朵尖的人能听出这个错。(3) 人人都可能犯错误。(4) 这宗事故是人为过失造成的。(5) 人的过失带来灾难。(6) 给出了次测量系统的误差分析。(7) 重复数次之后仍然存在误差。(8) 占卜是由一些谬误和迷信构成，再加上大量的欺骗。 Simply put, an error is a mistake. However, that mistake is more likely due to a lapse in judgment or skill than to an accident. A plane crash that occurs after the pilot mistakenly presses the "pilot eject" button is said to be caused by "human error." A baseball play in which the pitcher throws the ball to second base instead of first because he was distracted by a pretty girl in the stands is an error — one that might cost his team the game.

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英 ['erə(r)] 美 ['erər] (1) He overlooked a spelling error on the first page.(2) An alert listener will have noticed the error.(3) Every man is liable to error.(4) The accident was caused by human error.(5) Human error invoked the disaster.(6) Error analysis of the measurement system is given.(7) After several repetitions there still remains an error.(8) Divination is made up of a little error and superstition, plus a lot of fraud. I'm sorry, sir, there's been some sort of error in the kitchen, is what a restaurant waiter might say to a patron who ordered the fish but was mistakenly served a plateful of worms instead. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]错误；差错 An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done.   [oft N prep]NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations...美国国家航空航天局在它的计算结果中发现了一个数学错误。MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment.议员们抨击管理的松散和判断的失误。2[PHRASE 短语]错误地；失误地 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.   [usu PHR after v]The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.一枚北约的导弹误将那架飞机击落。3[PHRASE 短语]（认识到）错误；（意识到）失误 If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly.   [PHR after v]I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways.我想找个机会开导他一下，好让他认识到自己做错了。

英语单词	error
英美音标	英 ['erə(r)] 美 ['erər]
中文释义	n.错误；过失；误差；谬误
英语例句	(1) He overlooked a spelling error on the first page. (2) An alert listener will have noticed the error. (3) Every man is liable to error. (4) The accident was caused by human error. (5) Human error invoked the disaster. (6) Error analysis of the measurement system is given. (7) After several repetitions there still remains an error. (8) Divination is made up of a little error and superstition, plus a lot of fraud.
中文例句	(1) 他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误。 (2) 耳朵尖的人能听出这个错。 (3) 人人都可能犯错误。 (4) 这宗事故是人为过失造成的。 (5) 人的过失带来灾难。 (6) 给出了次测量系统的误差分析。 (7) 重复数次之后仍然存在误差。 (8) 占卜是由一些谬误和迷信构成，再加上大量的欺骗。
vocabulary简明	I'm sorry, sir, there's been some sort of error in the kitchen, is what a restaurant waiter might say to a patron who ordered the fish but was mistakenly served a plateful of worms instead.
vocabulary扩展	Simply put, an error is a mistake. However, that mistake is more likely due to a lapse in judgment or skill than to an accident. A plane crash that occurs after the pilot mistakenly presses the "pilot eject" button is said to be caused by "human error." A baseball play in which the pitcher throws the ball to second base instead of first because he was distracted by a pretty girl in the stands is an error — one that might cost his team the game.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]错误；差错 An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done. [oft N prep] NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations... 美国国家航空航天局在它的计算结果中发现了一个数学错误。 MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment. 议员们抨击管理的松散和判断的失误。 2 [PHRASE 短语]错误地；失误地 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. [usu PHR after v] The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile. 一枚北约的导弹误将那架飞机击落。 3 [PHRASE 短语]（认识到）错误；（意识到）失误 If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly. [PHR after v] I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways. 我想找个机会开导他一下，好让他认识到自己做错了。

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