blunder

• vi. 跌跌撞撞地走；犯大错
• vt. 做错
• n. 大错

词源同blind, 眼盲的。

1. an embarrassing mistake

blunder

blunder: [14] When blunder first entered the language, it meant ‘stumble around blindly, bumping into things’, which gives a clue to its possible ultimate connection with blind. Its probable source was Old Norse blundra ‘shut one’s eyes’, forerunner of Swedish blunda and Norwegian blunda (Jon Blund is the Swedish equivalent of ‘the sandman’), and very likely a descendant of Indo-European *bhlendhos, from which blind comes. The first record of the modern sense ‘foolish mistake’ comes in Edward Phillips’s The new world of English words 1706.
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blunder (v.)

mid-14c., "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra "shut one's eyes," from PIE root *bhlendh- (see blind). Meaning "make a stupid mistake" is first recorded 1711. Related: Blundered; blundering.

blunder (n.)

mid-14c., apparently from blunder (v.), though of about the same age.

error, fault, blunder, flaw, mistake, shortcoming, defect, slip

这些名词均有"错误"或"缺点"之意。

error： 指思想或行动背离正题轨道或没有得到正确指引而出现的偏差或错误。

fault： 一般指小并且可宽容的缺点、错误。

blunder： 通常指由于无知或情况不明造成判断或行动上的大错。

flaw： 指结构或组织上的缺点，如破裂之处。用作比喻意义时，指品格上的缺陷。

mistake： 最普通用词，泛指思想上、行为上或认识上的判断或理解方面的错误。

shortcoming： 指没有达到所要求的标准、没有充分发展或没尽到职责的不足、缺点或短处。多用复数形式。

defect： 普通用词。指表面上的缺陷，或指人或物本质上的缺点。

slip： 指因疏忽或无意而造成的差错。

“It was seen as a blunder,” he said.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

"It was seen as a blunder," he said.

2016年考研真题（英语一）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

to make a terrible blunder

犯大错

牛津词典

a series of political blunders

一连串政治失误

牛津词典

The government had blundered in its handling of the affair.

政府在这件事的处理上犯了大错。

牛津词典

I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.

我认为他在时机远未成熟时就把这事说了出去是一种失策。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

No doubt I had blundered again...

无疑，我又犯了一个愚蠢的错误。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

You're a blundering fool.

你是一个大笨蛋。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in future.

人们想知道他们是怎样稀里糊涂地陷入战争的，以及日后该如何避免重蹈覆辙。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He had blundered into the table, upsetting the flowers.

他不小心撞到了桌子，把花打翻了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Tom make a blunder in front of his girlfriend.

汤姆在女友面前犯了错.

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In their exhaustion they often blunder against each other.

当他们疲劳不堪时,常常是踉跄地互相碰撞.

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The big eyes told Tom his blunder and he stopped, confused.

贝基睁大了两只眼睛望着他,汤姆这才发现自己已铸成了大错,于是他住了口, 有点不知所措的样子.

英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

I'm afraid we must have made some blunder and given offence.

那么 说,恐怕就是我们干了点鲁莽的事,得罪人了.

辞典例句

His carelessness results in a serious blunder.

他的粗枝大叶导致他犯了一个严重错误.

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He made a blunder in front of his girlfriend.

他在女朋友面前犯了大错.

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He was expelled from the Communist Youth League due to a blunder.

由于犯了重大错误,他被处以开除团籍的惩罚.

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I saw that I had been guilty of a careless blunder.

我意识到自己因疏忽而酿成大错.

《简明英汉词典》

Not working itself already wrong, and it is a blunder to hurt the hard working people.

不做事, 本身就是错.再打击做事的人,不是错上加错嘛!

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She was dumped from the company after making a big blunder.

她因犯了个大错误而被公司解雇了.

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He is on the watch, and fully expecting you to blunder into it.

他在旁边看着, 就盼着你往里面跳呢.

英汉文学 - 三万元遗产

He has made a terrible blunder.

他铸成大错.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

The blunder made the underground instrument undergo an undermining the thunderbolt.

这个失策让地下仪器经受了一次雷电之破坏.

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He later claimed it was the biggest blunder of his career.

他后来表示,这是他工作生涯中犯的最大的错误.

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To change ships in the midst of a storm would be a catastrophic blunder.

在一场风暴中更换船只无疑将是一个灾难性的错误.

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Mrs. Calvert seemed ready to weep. She had somehow made a blunder.

卡尔弗特太太像急得要哭似的, 她不知怎的又说了错话.

飘（部分）

Just one blunder an application can ruin an applicant's chance of getting in.

只要一个糊涂的错误,就能毁掉入学申请者入学的机会.

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They charged the blunder on him.

他们把错误都归咎于他.

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I made a blunder, and I tell myself that I'll never make that mistake again.

我犯了个大错, 我告诉自己绝不会再重蹈覆辙.

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I fear lest we commit an inexcusable blunder.

我为我们会犯不可原谅的错误而担忧.

《简明英汉词典》