名 （错误） mistake，error；动 mistake，misunderstand，miss，cause disadvantage to；副 （不是故意） by mistake，by accident ；

[例句] 他就这运气，误了最后一班船也毫不出奇。 It would be just his luck to miss the last boat.

[例句] 女性误以为是考虑不周的事情往往只是缺乏自信。 What women mistake as thoughtlessness is often just diffidence.

wrong，mistake，error；

[例句] 总裁捶胸顿足，称那是个错误的交易。 The president beat his breast and called that deal a mistake.

[例句] 哪个校长只要犯了这样的错误都会被开除。 Any head teacher who made errors like this would be chucked out.

error，deviation；

[例句] 你必须将一定量的误差考虑在内。 You have to allow for a certain amount of error.

[例句] 我们所有的地图误差都非常大。 All the maps we had were wildly inaccurate.

falsehood，error，fallacy，mistake，solecism ；

[例句] 她将这一判决称为真理对谬误的胜利。 She called the verdict a victory of truth over falsehood.

[例句] 真理同谬误是对立的. Truth stands in opposition to falsehood.

delay，incur loss through delay，fail because of procrastination，dally over，morra ；

[例句] 一系列技术问题延误了新产品的上市。 A series of technical foul-ups delayed the launch of the new product.

[例句] 几次延误都是由新的高科技行李传送系统造成的。 Several of the delays were caused by the new high-tech baggage system.

misread，misunderstand，misconstrue，misconceive，misapprehend ；

[例句] 他对语言的误解是引起其他问题的主要原因。 His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.

[例句] 关于我们的出版目的存在着某些误解。 There has been some misunder-standing of our publishing aims.

misunderstand，mistake，misapprehend，misconstrue，misapprehension ；

[例句] 别误会我的意思，这个工作很有意思，可惜不是长期性的。 Don't get me wrong, it's interesting work. But it's not permanent.

[例句] 别误会，我并不是说他所做的是好事。 I'm not saying what he did was good, don't misunderstand me.

misuse，misapplication，misapply，misemploy，misusage ；

[例句] 莎士比亚戏剧中的许多诗句被人误引误用。 Many lines from Shakespeare's plays are misquoted and misapplied.

[例句] 我发现在你的信中误用了 who 这个词. I noticed a misuse of the word " who " in your letter.

fault，muff，（因疏忽或水平不高而造成差错） slip up，[律] faux pas，fire into the wrong flock ；

make [commit] a mistake，commit a blunder，error，be in error，err in ；

[例句] 一犯错误可能当天就会被开除。 People who make mistakes can be given the sack the same day.

[例句] 他近来老犯错误，胆子也开始变小了。 Lately he'd been making mistakes; his nerve was beginning to go.

misinformation，canard，misrepresent，misrepresentation ；

[例句] 我的结论近来曾被误传很甚. My conclusions have lately been much misrepresented.

[例句] 历史上, 名人们的引语经常是误传的. Throughout history, quotes of famous people are often misrepresented.

slip of the pen，clerical error，mistake in writing，lapsus calami ；

[例句] 医院方面将这一混乱归咎于一处笔误。 The hospital blamed the mix-up on a clerical error.

[例句] 那仅是笔误. That was only a slip of the pen.

（说话时由疏忽， 愚笨或粗心造成的错误） a slip of the tongue，error in speaking ；

[例句] “ 我从没爱过, 我是说我从没停止爱过我母亲. ” “这是口误,还是你的真实想法? ” 'I've never loved, I mean I've never stopped loving, my mother. '' Was that a Freudian slip?'

[例句] 口误经常产生意外的结果. A slip of the tongue oft bring about unexpected result.

misdirect，misguide，mislead，misadvise ；

[例句] 也许他给他们造成了小小的误导，但他不是有意的。 Perhaps he had slightly misled them, but it was quite unintentional.

[例句] 大臣们不应该故意地误导议会与公众。 Ministers must not knowingly mislead Parliament and the public.

inerrancy，[计] no error ；

[例句] 保持电脑安全 、 无错误高速运转. Keep your PC safe, error - free, and running at top speed.

[例句] 法院并非全无错误. A court of law is not infallible.

miscarriage ；

[例句] 那个邮递员为他误投邮件的事辩解. The postman argued away his misdelivery of the mail.

[例句] 那信误投到我们原来的地址了. The letter was misdirected to our old address.

[法] take for ；

[例句] 我误认为他要娶我。 I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.

[例句] 她的抑郁症被误认为是紧张。 Her depression was misdiagnosed as stress.

[医]misdiagnosed ；

[例句] 目的了解肝豆状核变性误诊的原因. Objective: To detect the reasons of misdiagnosis of Wilson disease.

[例句] 目的:分 析淀粉样变肾病病理误诊的原因. Objective : To analyze the causes of misdiagnosis of amyloid nephropathy.

miscarriage ；

[例句] 玛吉: 不是, 而是误送了去伦敦. Maggie: No, it had been sent on to London by mistake.

miscount，miscalculation，miscalculate ；