释义 |
●err on the side of sthshow slightly too much rather than too little of a quality, especially a good one (某方面)宁愿稍过◆When I am marking exam papers, I always try to err on the side of generosity (= I give slightly higher marks than the students may deserve). 改考卷打分时,我宁肯宽一点。 NOTE Err is an old-fashioned word meaning ‘make a mistake’. * err 是旧词,意为“犯错误”。 |