首页英语词典mistakemistake的意思

mistake

英 [mɪ'steɪk] 美[mɪ'stek]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词faux Miss oversight blunder error slip fault pas

反义词

n. 错误；误会；过失
vt. 弄错；误解
vi. 弄错；误解

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词态变化

复数: mistakes;第三人称单数: mistakes;过去式: mistook;过去分词: mistaken;现在分词: mistaking;

助记提示

1、mis- "wrongly" + take.
2、字面含义：take in error, take wrongly.

中文词源

mistake 错误，失误

mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，take,采取手段。即采取错误手段，引申词义错误，失误。

英英释意

1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention;: "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

2. an understanding of something that is not correct;: "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"

3. part of a statement that is not correct;: "the book was full of errors"

英文词源

mistake: mistake: [13] Mistake originally meant literally ‘take in error, take the wrong thing’. It was borrowed from Old Norse mistaka, a compound verb formed from the prefix mis- ‘wrongly’ and taka ‘take’. This sense survived in English for some time (‘to be ever busy, and mistake away the bottles and cans … before they be but half drunk of’, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair 1614), but gradually through the late Middle English period the notion of ‘error’ came to the fore (it was already present in the Old Norse verb, which was used reflexively for ‘go wrong’, and was probably reinforced by Old French mesprendre, literally ‘take wrongly’, which was also used for ‘err’).

The noun use, ‘error’, emerged in the 17th century.
=> take
mistake (v.): early 14c., "to commit an offense;" late 14c., "to misunderstand, misinterpret," from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse mistaka "take in error, miscarry," from mis- "wrongly" (see mis- (1)) + taka "take" (see take (v.)). Related: Mistook; mistaking.
mistake (n.): 1630s, from mistake (v.). Meaning "unintended pregnancy" is from 1957.

同义词辨析

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。

考试真题

Bill, for instance, often gets painful flashbacks, in which unwanted memories intrude into his consciousness, but overall he has chosen to see it as the best way of avoiding repeating the same mistakes.

When I told a group of school children who displayed helpless behavior that a lack of effort led to their mistakes in math, they learned to keep trying when the problems got tough.

They avoid challenges because challenges make mistakes more likely.

Mistakes crack their self-confidence because they attribute errors to a lack of ability, which they feel powerless to change.

Real criticism is not meant to find obvious mistakes, so if she found any—the type I could have found on my own—I had to start from scratch.

What was Kodak's fatal mistake?

You are not taking his mistakes seriously enough.

People can avoid making mistakes through meditation

Pamela's mistakes could have been avoided.

But if you don't already know how to do something, you will probably make some mistakes and you will make mistakes for a longer time if you have an audience

Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake.

They mistake the firefighters for monsters

I feel awful whenever I make a mistake in whatever I'm trying to do.

In general, the study found that undergraduates were almost as likely as old people to make this mistake and men as likely as women.

It is a mistake to simply equate longevity长寿with issues of old age.

Many of us grow up believing that skipping breakfast is a serious mistake, even if only two thirds of adults in the UK eat breakfast regularly, according to the British dietetic Association, and around three-quarters of Americans.

Older people and women made the mistake slightly more often, but that may be because grandparents have more grandchildren to mix up than parents have children.

The study did not examine the possibility of deep psychological significance to the mistake, says psychologist David Rubin, "but it does tell us who's in and who's out of the group."

Devils Tower, the first national monument in America, could almost be mistaken for the stump of an enormous tree.

It leads us to lots of mistakes.

The two women has made a mistake in identity.

Reflect on their respective mistakes

Interrupt him whenever he detected a mistake.

That kind of thinking is a mistake.

At that moment, I remembered that my father once said, " the classroom is a place for learning and that include leaning from textbooks, and mistake as well."

But you can't be successful when there's a lack of trust in a relationship that results from an action where the wrongdoer takes no responsibility to fix the mistake.

However, social changes are brought about by new technology are often mistaken for a change in attitudes.

Ignoring the difference between the two research findings will be one of the worst mistakes you make.

Naomi put a small recorder near the piano, starts and stops and mistakes.

Oh, wait a minute! I made a mistake.

Respond quickly and briefly, apologizing for your mistake.

She mistook him for a tour guide.

The biggest mistake I made, uh, was leaving college in my last year and not competing my education.

The biggest mistake I made, uh, was leaving college in my last year and not competing my.

The most awkward email mistake is usually committed in anger.

They couldn't see or hear each other and, by mistake, simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice.

This means that when they don't know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone.

What you need is a great teacher who lets you make mistakes.

The policy follows similar efforts from other journals, after widespread concern that basic mistakes in data analysis are contributing to the irreproducibility of many published research findings.

Overhead may be high and circulation lower, but rushing to eliminate its print edition would be a mistake, says BuzzFeed CEO Joah Peretti.

A survey by Barna research group found the top reason given by Americans for the fake news phenomenon is “reader error”, more so than made-up stories or factual mistakes in reporting.

And yet, it would be a mistake to think we are right now simply experiencing the painful side of a boom and bust cycle.

These lessons are very important; they're how we grow, and how we keep from making that same mistake again.

词组搭配

and no mistake

(informal)without any doubt

(非正式)无疑地，确确实实地

it's a bad business and no mistake.
毫无疑问，这一情况很不妙。

by mistake

accidentally; in error

意外地；错误地

she'd left her purse at home by mistake.
她意外把钱包留在家里了。

make no mistake about it

(informal)do not be deceived into thinking otherwise

(非正式)不用有任何疑问，完全可以肯定

there is no mistaking someone or something

it is impossible not to recognize someone or something

（人或物）不可能被认错

实用场景例句

It's easy to make a mistake .: 犯错误很容易。

This letter is addressed to someone else─there must be some mistake.: 这封信是给别人的——一定是搞错了。

It would be a mistake to ignore his opinion.: 忽略他的意见是不对的。

Don't worry, we all make mistakes .: 没关系，我们都会犯错。

You must try to learn from your mistakes .: 你得从所犯错误中吸取教训。

Leaving school so young was the biggest mistake of my life.: 我一生中最大的错误就是那么年轻就离开了学校。

I made the mistake of giving him my address.: 我真不该把我的地址给他。

It was a big mistake on my part to have trusted her.: 我相信了她，这是我的一大错误。

a great/serious/terrible mistake: 大错；严重错误

It's a common mistake (= one that a lot of people make).: 这是常犯的错误。

It's a common mistake among learners of English.: 这是学英语的人常犯的错误。

The waiter made a mistake (in) adding up the bill.: 服务员结账时算错了账。

Her essay is full of spelling mistakes .: 她的文章到处都是拼写错误。

This is a strange business and no mistake.: 这确实是件怪事。

I took your bag instead of mine by mistake.: 我不巧错拿了你的包。

Make no mistake (about it), this is one crisis that won't just go away.: 要知道，这是一场不会自行消失的危机。

Children may eat pills in mistake for sweets.: 孩子们会把药片错当成糖果吃的。

I admit that I mistook his intentions.: 我承认我误解了他的意图。

I mistook her offer as a threat.: 我把她的好心错看成威胁了。

There was no mistaking (= it was impossible to mistake) the bitterness in her voice.: 她的声音里流露出怨恨的情绪，这是很明显的。

They made the big mistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force...: 他们大错特错，居然认为以较少的兵力就能够夺取其边境地区。

I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life...: 我认为把书本同生活混为一谈是大错特错。

Her mother sighed and rubbed out another mistake in the crossword puzzle.: 她的母亲叹了口气，擦去了纵横填字游戏里另一个填错的地方。

...spelling mistakes.: 拼写错误

I mistook you for Carlos...: 我把你错当成卡洛斯了。

When hay fever first occurs it is often mistaken for a summer cold.: 花粉病初期常被误认为是风热感冒。

The government completely mistook the feeling of the country...: 政府完全没有把握住该国民意。

No one should mistake how serious the issue is.: 任何人都不该低估该问题的严重性。

There's no mistaking the eastern flavour of the food...: 那种食物就是东方风味，绝对错不了。

There was no mistaking Magda's sincerity, or her pain.: 玛格达的真诚和痛苦都绝不可能是假装的。