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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary mis·take
ETYMOLOGY Middle English DATE 14th century transitive verb 1. to blunder in the choice of mistook her way in the dark 2. a. to misunderstand the meaning or intention of : misinterpret don't mistake me, I mean exactly what I said b. to make a wrong judgment of the character or ability of 3. to identify wrongly : confuse with another I mistook him for his brother intransitive verb : to be wrong you mistook when you thought I laughed at you — Thomas Hardy • mis·tak·en·ly adverb • mis·tak·er noun
noun DATE 1600 1. a wrong judgment : misunderstanding 2. a wrong action or statement proceeding from faulty judgment, inadequate knowledge, or inattention Synonyms: see error English Etymology mistake mistake (v.) early 14c., from O.N. mistaka "take in error, miscarry," from mis- "wrongly" (see mis- (1)) + taka "take." The noun is attested from 1630s. Related: Mistakenly. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ mistake mis·take / mi5steik / noun1. an action or an opinion that is not correct, or that produces a result that you did not want (言语或行为上的)错误,失误: It's easy to make a mistake. 犯错误很容易。 This letter is addressed to someone else—there must be some mistake. 这封信是给别人的——一定是搞错了。 It would be a mistake to ignore his opinion. 忽略他的意见是不对的。 Don't worry, we all make mistakes. 没关系,我们都会犯错。 You must try to learn from your mistakes. 你得从所犯错误中吸取教训。 Leaving school so young was the biggest mistake of my life. 我一生中最大的错误就是那么年轻就离开了学校。 I made the mistake of giving him my address. 我真不该把我的地址给他。 It was a big mistake on my part to have trusted her. 我相信了她,这是我的一大错误。 a great / serious / terrible mistake 大错；严重错误 It's a common mistake (= one that a lot of people make). 这是常犯的错误。 2. a word, figure, etc. that is not said or written down correctly (用词或数字上的)错误,口误,笔误 SYN error :
It's a common mistake among learners of English. 这是学英语的人常犯的错误。 The waiter made a mistake (in) adding up the bill. 服务员结账时算错了账。 Her essay is full of spelling mistakes. 她的文章到处都是拼写错误。 IDIOMS ▪ and 'no mistake (old-fashioned, especially BrE) used to show that you are sure about the truth of what you have just said 准确无误；毫无疑问: This is a strange business and no mistake. 这确实是件怪事。 ▪ by mi'stake by accident; without intending to 错误地；无意中: I took your bag instead of mine by mistake. 我不巧错拿了你的包。 ▪ 7make no mi'stake (about sth) used to emphasize what you are saying, especially when you want to warn sb about sth 别搞错；注意: Make no mistake (about it), this is one crisis that won't just go away. 要知道,这是一场不会自行消失的危机。 ▪ in mi'stake for sth thinking that sth is sth else 误以为是；错看成: Children may eat pills in mistake for sweets. 孩子们会把药片错当成糖果吃的。 verb (mis·took / mi5stuk / , mis·taken / mi5steikEn / ) ~ sb / sth (as sb / sth) to not understand or judge sb / sth correctly 误会；误解；看错 SYN misconstrue :
▪ [VN] I admit that I mistook his intentions. 我承认我误解了他的意图。 I mistook her offer as a threat. 我把她的好心错看成威胁了。 There was no mistaking (= it was impossible to mistake) the bitterness in her voice. 她的声音里流露出怨恨的情绪,这是很明显的。 ▪ [also V wh-] PHRASAL VERBS ▪ mi'stake sb / sth for sb / sth to think wrongly that sb / sth is sb / sth else 把…错当成 SYN confuse :
I think you must be mistaking me for someone else. 我看你准是认错人了。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English mistake verb ADV. easily An unwary observer could easily mistake this constellation for a comet. VERB + MISTAKE can't You can't mistake him. He's got long ginger hair. PREP. for I'm sorry. I mistook you for George. PHRASES there is no mistaking sth There was no mistaking the admiration in his eyes. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: ERROR 2, blooper, blunder, boner, bull, bungle, fluff, lapse, slip, trip Related Words: confounding, confusion, mistaking; inadvertence; disregarding, neglect, neglecting, omission, omitting, slight, slighting 2 Synonyms: ERROR 1, xn. Function: verb 1 to take one thing to be another FF1C;he mistakes sarcasm for witFF1E; Synonyms: confound, confuse, misdeem, misidentify, mix, mix up Related Words: misconceive, misknow; addle, jumble, muddle, tumble Contrasted Words: discern, distinguish, grasp, perceive; differentiate, separate Antonyms: recognize 2 Synonyms: MISUNDERSTAND 2, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread 3 Synonyms: MISJUDGE 2, misdeem, misesteemWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: and no mistake , or mistake of fact , or mistake of law mis·take I. \mə̇ˈstāk\ verb (mis·took \məˈstu̇k, (ˈ)mi|s-\ ; mis·tak·en \mə̇ˈstākən\ ; mistaking ; mistakes) Etymology: Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka to take by mistake, make a slip, from mis- mis- (I) + taka to take — more at take transitive verb 1. : to choose wrongly : blunder in the choice of < ambition quite mistakes her road — Edward Young > < mistook the track across the moors, and led the army into boggy ground — T.B.Macaulay > 2. a. : to take in a wrong sense : misunderstand the meaning or intention of < don't mistake me; I will do exactly as I say > < had mistaken the meaning of her question — Carson McCullers > b. : to be wrong in the estimation or understanding of : misinterpret < mistook the class structure and ownership distribution of developed capitalism — Peter Wiles > c. : to make a wrong judgment of the character or ability of : underestimate < they mistake their man if they think they can frighten me > 3. a. : to fail to recognize or to identify wrongly < there's no mistaking him > < there's no mistaking that house > b. : to substitute incorrectly in thought or perception : take wrongly for someone or something else < mistake gush for vigor and substitute rhetoric for imagination — C.D.Lewis > < could be and often was mistaken for a farmer — H.S.Canby > 4. : to be wrong in regard to (time) < somehow mistook the hour … I had told her nine o'clock, and she came at ten — Mary R. Rinehart > intransitive verb : to be wrong : be under a misapprehension < you mistook when you thought I laughed at you — Thomas Hardy > < if I mistake not … the entire import of the illustration changes — John Dewey > • mis·tak·er \-kə(r)\ noun II. noun 1. : a misunderstanding of the meaning or implication of something < it is a mistake to think that the supreme or legislative power of a commonwealth can do what it will — John Locke > < it is a great mistake to think that the bare scientific idea is the required invention — A.N.Whitehead > 2. : a wrong action or statement proceeding from faulty judgment, inadequate knowledge, or inattention : an unintentional error < it would be a mistake, however, to drain all bogs — Boy Scout Handbook > < gave him a ten-dollar bill in mistake for a one > 3. law : an erroneous belief : a state of mind not in accordance with the facts Synonyms: see error • - and no mistake |
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