He opened Ingrid's letter by mistake...是什么意思？

He opened Ingrid's letter by mistake...

他不小心拆了英格丽德的信。

he

pron. 他，它，一个人；n. 雄性动物；

例句
Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.
最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。

opened

adj. 断开的；v. （打）开( open的过去式和过去分词 )，开始，睁开，启动；

例句
She never even acknowledged the man who opened the door for her...
她对为自己开门的男士甚至连一点表示都没有。

letter

n. 信，证书，许可证，字母，文字，字面意义；vt. 用字母标明，写字母于，加标题；vi. 写印刷体字母；

例句
Naylor acknowledged, in a letter to the judge, that he was a drug addict...
内勒在给法官的信中承认自己吸毒。

by

prep. 在…旁边，表示方式，由于，经过；adv. 经过，表示保留或保存时用，短暂拜访；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我们所见的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂贵化妆品

mistake

n. 错误，过失，误解，差错，口误，笔误，失策，失误；vt.& vi. 弄错，误解；vt. 认不出，误会，看错；vi. 弄错，误解；

例句
Her mistake was to blab about their affair...
她错在说出了他们的婚外情。