2PHRASE 错误地;失误地 If you do something in error or if it happens in error, you do it or it happens because you have made a mistake, especially in your judgment. 错误地;失误地
The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile.
一枚北约的导弹误将那架飞机击落。
SYN accidentally, casually, unexpectedly, incidentally
3PHRASE (认识到)错误;(意识到)失误 If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly. (认识到)错误;(意识到)失误
I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways.
我想找个机会开导他一下,好让他认识到自己做错了。
Quotations
Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immenseHenry St. John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeReflections upon Exile
Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as straight; and men may be as positive in error as in truthJohn LockeEssay Concerning Human Understanding
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Use error with:
ADJ.
clerical error, common error, fatal error, human error1