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TOEFL BNC: 13980 COCA: 13165

err

Word family 
err /ɜː $ ɜːr/ verb [intransitiveI] → er
1  err on the side of something CAREFULto be more careful or safe than is necessary, in order to make sure that nothing bad happens 甯願過於謹慎也不冒險犯錯
It’s always best to err on the side of caution.
過於謹慎永遠比冒風險強。
Examples from the Corpus
err on the side of something• Voltaire's work is, arguably, offensive but one should err on the side of allowing it to be available.• It is understandable for health authorities to err on the side of caution, as these guidelines will not apply to everyone.• Typically, Burgess says, forecasters err on the side of caution by issuing a severe storm warning.• The therapist should always err on the side of caution; the hypotheses set up are merely shrewd guesses.• But travel agents are urging their clients to err on the side of caution.• And so he negotiated with himself, and sometimes tortured himself, and he erred on the side of generosity.• Therefore, if the first two arguments were correct, it would be better to err on the side of generosity.• We should err on the side of restraint, rather than of excess.
2. old useMISTAKE to make a mistake 犯錯誤
Examples from the Corpus
err• And yes, they did err.• The Edmonton editors now agree that they erred.• Cannon errs in labeling his critics as mindless pessimists.• But each of the networks erred in similar ways.• For this reason the guidelines here tend to err on the cautious side.• It is best therefore to err on the quiet side and to use percussion sparingly rather than to excess.• It is understandable for health authorities to err on the side of caution, as these guidelines will not apply to everyone.• But travel agents are urging their clients to err on the side of caution.• Music as a background for drama is a much trickier area, but you should err on the side of understatement.
Origin err
(1200-1300) Old French errer, from Latin errare
err verb
Corpus
TOEFL BNC: 13980 COCA: 13165
TOEFL BNC: 13980 COCA: 13165
TOEFL BNC: 13980 COCA: 13165

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