error

1. N-VAR An error is something you have done that is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or that should not have been done. 錯誤

NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations. 美國國家航空航天侷發現了其計算中的一個數學錯誤。

2. PHRASE 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. 錯誤地

The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile. 那架飛機被北大西洋公約組織的一顆導彈錯誤地擊落了。

3. PHRASE If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly. 認識到自身錯誤

I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways. 我想找個機會給他講講道理，盡量讓他認識到自身的錯誤。