Error is rather formal and is mainly used when talking about computers or in some fixed expressions such as human error. In everyday English, people usually use mistake: 相当正式,主要用于与计算机相关的语境中,或用于 human error 等固定搭配。在日常英语中,人们一般用 mistake
There must be a mistake somewhere.
一定是哪里出了错。
2[countableC] a mistake when you are working on a computer, which means that the computer program cannot do what you want it to do 〔计算机运行时的〕错误
an error message
出错信息
3error of judgmentMISTAKEa mistake in the way that you examine a situation and decide what to do 判断失误
The decision to expand the company was an error of judgment.
扩展公司业务的决定是判断失误。
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error of judgment• It may not be errors of fact that matter to the general public as much as errors of judgment.• In war people died more often from the little mistakes than the granderrors of judgment.• It was a great error of judgment.• This mistake has led them at best into errors of judgment and distortion of fact and at worst into academic hucksterism.• New, inexperienced members of staff are more liable to make errors of judgment.• In my opinion, appointing his son as chiefexecutive was a seriouserror of judgment.• Since then, it has made a number of startlingerrors of judgment.• Joly also made what can only be described as an uncharacteristicerror of judgment.
4be in errorMISTAKEto have made a mistake, especially when making an official decision 〔尤指在作正式决定时〕犯错,失误
The doctor has admitted that he was in error.
医生承认了他的失误。
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be in error• Buchanan is in error on that point.• If such efforts are required, the planning of the displaywas in error.• The company has admitted to the court that it was in error.• Mendeleev suggested that the given masses might be in error.• An expensiveproject is just as likely to be in error as a cheap one.• Unfortunately, however, the Volunteers were in error.• Ah, King, you were in error.
5do something in errorMISTAKEif you do something in error, you do it by mistake 误做某事
error message• If you return to this field, an error message is displayed at the foot of the screen.• We got an error message, indicating there was no dialtone.• If not, an error message is printed.• If you receive an error message, try again.• The first thing to do is make a carefulnote of any error messages you get.• It is used to identify the sentence in both error messages and for objects that can be merged into canvassdocuments.• Many who signed on later in the day were turned away with blank screens or error messages.• The error messages will provide the most helpfulclues for trackingelusiveaddresses.
2COMMERCE errors and omissions excepted used in formal documents to say that mistakes and things that have been forgotten should also be taken into account
Originerror
(1200-1300)Old Frencherrour, from Latinerror, from errare; → ERR
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ERROR | ERROR + VERB | ERROR + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤egregious, fundamental, glaring, grave, great, grievous, major, serious極大的錯誤;根本性錯誤;明顯的錯誤;大錯;嚴重錯誤◇The report contained some glaring errors.報告中有些明顯的錯誤。➤fatal致命的錯誤◇He made the fatal error of borrowing more than he could pay back.他犯了個致命的錯誤,借的錢超過了自己的償還能力。➤minor, small小錯誤➤careless疏忽造成的差錯▸➤embarrassing, unfortunate令人難堪的過失;令人尷尬的過錯▸➤past過去的錯誤◇The ability to learn from past errors is vital in business.吃一塹長一智對於經商非常重要。➤common常見錯誤▸➤grammar, grammatical, spelling, typing, typographical語法錯誤;拼寫錯誤;打字錯誤;印刷錯誤▸➤factual事實性錯誤➤experimental, statistical實驗/統計錯誤➤standard (statistics統計) 標準誤差➤random, systematic隨機/系統誤差➤measurement, sampling測量/抽樣誤差◇His research interests include measurement error in survey research.他的研究興趣包括對勘測研究中的測量誤差探討。➤rounding (especially NAmE) 捨入誤差◇The difference is due to a rounding error in the first calculation.這一差異是由首次計算中的捨入誤差造成的。➤unforced (sport體育) 非受迫性失誤◇The American produced five double faults and 35 unforced errors.美國選手出現了 5 次雙發失誤和 35 次非受迫性失誤。➤tactical戰術失誤◇The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast.肯尼亞運動員犯了戰術錯誤,起步時跑得太快。➤administrative, clerical, medical管理上的錯誤;筆誤;醫療上的失誤▸➤human, pilot人為錯誤;飛行員的失誤◇The plane crash was caused by human error, not mechanical failure.這次墜機事件是人為錯誤,不是機械故障造成的。VERB + ERROR➤commit, make犯錯;出錯◇He had committed a grave error in letting them see the document.他讓他們看了文件,鑄成了大錯。◇She made several serious errors during the race.賽跑中她犯了幾個嚴重錯誤。➤cause導致錯誤◇errors caused by illegibly written orders難以辨識的手寫指令導致的錯誤➤contain含有錯誤◇The document contained a lot of typing errors.這份文件有許多打字錯誤。➤introduce引入錯誤◇An editorial error was introduced into the copy.副本中有一處編輯錯誤。➤catch, detect, discover, find, identify, spot發現錯誤◇Thank you for catching that silly error on my part.謝謝你發現了我那愚蠢的錯誤。◇I found several factual errors in the report.我發現報告中有幾個事實性錯誤。➤point out指出錯誤◇The error was pointed out to her by one of her colleagues.這個錯誤是一個同事告訴她的。➤report報告錯誤▸➤realize, recognize意識到/識別錯誤◇I only realized my error when it was too late.我意識到錯誤時已經太遲了。➤acknowledge, admit承認錯誤◇Have the courage to admit your error.要有承認錯誤的勇氣。➤avoid避免錯誤◇She has avoided the common error of writing too much.她避免了寫得過多這個常見錯誤。➤prevent防止錯誤➤repeat一錯再錯◇Do not repeat the errors of your parents and grandparents.不要重蹈你父母和祖父母的覆轍。➤correct, eliminate, fix, rectify糾正/消除/更正/改正錯誤◇Glasses can correct most errors in your vision.眼鏡能矯正大部份視力缺陷。➤minimize, reduce最大程度減少錯誤;減少誤差◇the use of computer systems to reduce hospital errors使用計算機系統以減少醫院方面的失誤➤regret (especially NAmE) 對過錯抱歉◇We regret the clerical error made in the letter sent to Mr Finlay.我們對寄給芬利先生信中的筆誤表達歉意。➤compound加重錯誤◇The paper accidentally printed the victim's address, then compounded their error by printing her name the next day.報紙無意中刊出了受害者的地址,第二天又登出她的姓名,真是一錯再錯。ERROR + VERB➤arise (from sth), occur, result (from sth)錯誤 ( 由⋯ ) 產生;錯誤發生◇errors arising from inadequate information由於信息不足造成的錯誤ERROR + NOUN➤detection檢錯▸➤correction糾錯▸➤message錯誤訊息◇An error message comes up when I try to open the program.我試圖打開程序時跳出了一個錯誤提示。➤rate出錯率◇machines with relatively high error rates故障率相對較高的機器PREPOSITION➤in error (= by mistake)錯誤地◇The machine had been switched off in error.機器被誤關了。➤error in⋯的錯誤◇He checked his letter for errors in spelling.他檢查信件,查找拼寫錯誤。◇He realized his error in not attending the funeral.他意識到沒參加葬禮是個錯誤。PHRASES➤a comedy of errors讓人發笑的錯誤◇His attempts to arrange a party ended up as a comedy of errors.他嘗試安排聚會,結果鬧了笑話。➤an error in judgement/judgment, an error of judgement/judgment (especially BrE) 判斷錯誤◇The president had made an amazing error of judgement.總統犯了一個令人驚訝的判斷錯誤。➤an error of fact與事實不符的錯誤◇The speech contained many errors of fact.演講中有許多與事實不符的錯誤。➤a margin of error誤差幅度◇The margin of error for a racing driver is tiny.對賽車手而言,稍有不慎就會出錯。➤the error of one's ways方式方法的錯誤◇Will they realize the error of their ways before it is too late?他們能及時意識到自己在方式方法上的錯誤嗎?