small mistake，slip，slide ；

[例句] 有个地方出了点小错。 There's been a slip-up somewhere.

[例句] 小错不改,将会酿成大错. If small mistakes are passed by, they may lead to more serious ones.

miscalculation，dutch，miscalculate ；

[例句] 不知怎么地,他在解这道数学题时又算错了. Somehow he again made a mistake in solving the mathematical problem.

[例句] 服务员算错了账. The waiter got his arithmetic wrong.

mistake ；

[例句] 他们把地址搞错了。 They've cocked up the address.

[例句] “你搞错了。”——“我看没搞错。” "You've got it wrong."— 'I think not.'

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[例句] 这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。 This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.

[例句] 我怎样才能补偿对她做过的错事 呢 ? How can I repair the wrong I have done her?

slip up，go amiss，errancy ；

[例句] 人在压力之下，办事情就容易出差错。 Things can easily go wrong when people are under stress .

[例句] 不会出差错. No mistakes could arise.

unlikely to go wrong ；

[例句] 在时尚方面她的眼光错不了。 She had an infallible eye for style.

[例句] 今年的收成错不了. This year's harvest is sure to be good.

（树根或树枝盘绕交错） intertwining，intricate，complex，complicated ；

[例句] 那些盘错纠结的往事,总是令人难忘! How impressive those complex past events are!

[法] by error，falsely，in error，mistakenly ；

[例句] 该杂志错误地暗示他正打算退休。 The magazine suggested incorrectly that he was planning to retire.

[例句] 他错误地认为“适者生存”是查尔斯·达尔文说的。 He mistakenly ascribes the expression "survival of the fittest" to Charles Darwin.

blunder，glaring errors ；

[例句] 心理测试能够使组织机构避免犯下损失惨重的大错。 Psychometric tests can save organizations from grim and costly mistakes.

[例句] 亚历克斯，你真是大错特错，你对局势的判断根本不对。 You couldn't be more mistaken, Alex. You've utterly misread the situation.

unbalanced，[计] garbled ；

[例句] 这个家族有精神错乱的倾向. There was a streak of insanity in the family.

[例句] 这个警方认定为精神错乱的男子被认为是8起袭击事件的制造者。 The man, who police believe is psychotic, is thought to be responsible for eight attacks.

blunder，err，misdo，put one's foot in one's mouth ；

[例句] “不管怎样，我到底做错了什么？”——“这我也不知道，刘易斯。” "What am I doing wrong, anyway?" — "Beats me, Lewis."

[例句] 我这会儿究竟做错了什么？ What am I supposed to have done wrong now?

clerical error，erratum ；

[例句] 因为她把那个单词写错了,所以不能参加比赛. Her misspelling of that word eliminated her from the contest.

[例句] 他把我的名字写错了. He wrote my name wrong.

erratum，misarrange，misarrangement ；

[例句] 她按字母顺序把各州排列出来,但加利福尼亚却排错了顺序. She listed the states alphabetically but California was out of order.

[例句] 结果认为,在该流程中存在排错效果不显著和决策取向不平衡性等缺陷. The result shows some deficiencies, such as decision imbalance, and the possibility of mistake unapparent.

illusive，illusory，phantom，[医] illusional，illusionary ；

[例句] 但我没弄懂, 因为磕药之后总是有错觉的. But I don't get it, because acid trips last for hours.

[例句] 关键是你遭受着复杂的错觉的折磨. The point is that you are suffering from a complex delusion.

bos，misread ；

[例句] 恐怕我完全看错了形势。 I'm afraid I completely misread the situation.

[例句] 也许我看错了他，毕竟他不是可以让人一眼看透的人。 Perhaps I had misjudged him, and he was not so predictable after all.

misread，misspoke，misspoken ；

[例句] 他一再读错单词，而且说话含含糊糊的。 He repeatedly mispronounced words and slurred his speech.

[例句] 他读的时候常常读错. While reading, he fluffed frequently.

fluff，misspoke，misspoken ；

[例句] 那女演员念错了台词. The actress fluffed her lines.

[例句] 这也有可能是因为姥爷的南方口音和不识字的原因而念错了自己的名字. It was possible that Grandpa's southern accent and his illiteracy made him mispronounce his own name.

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[例句] 我们大多数人的性格因犯过错而发展得更加完善. Most of us are more rounded characters for having got things wrong.

[例句] 可以料想接下来的选举, 会取代犯过错的人, 并修补过错. A succeeding election it might be supposed, would displace the offenders, and repair the mischief.

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[例句] 这种自信就像华盛顿居民的自信一样, 用错了地方. That confidence, as Washington residents have learned, can be misplaced.

[例句] 你用错了这个宗教组织的名称. You are misapplying the name of this religious group.

fallibility ；

[例句] 有效市场理论高度易错, 但是比别的也许仍然好. Efficient market theory is highly fallible, but it may still be better than anything else.

[例句] 忙乱易错,耗废造成担忧, 因此千万不要仓促行事. Haste makes waste, waste makes worry. So do not be in a hurry.