词组 | error |
释义 | error AC /ˈerə $ ˈerər/ noun a mistakeadjectivesa common error Writing ‘recieve’ instead of ‘receive’ is a common error.a serious/grave error The hospital admitted they had made a serious error. | He has committed a grave error.a small/minor error The letter contained some minor spelling errors.a glaring error (=very bad and very noticeable) There is a glaring error on page 15.a spelling/grammatical/typing error The article was full of spelling errors.a factual error (=which includes a fact that is wrong) The article contains many factual errors.a fatal error (=extremely serious, so that you are certain to fail) It was a fatal error, which ended his political career.an unfortunate error An unfortunate error resulted in confidential information being released to the press.a clerical/administrative error (=relating to office work) The application forms were sent to the wrong addresses due to a clerical error.a tactical error (=a mistake in someone’s planning which could cause them to fail) The decision to wait before attacking was a tactical error.a random error (=one that is not like others or part of a pattern) This may seem like a random error, but in fact it is repeated once in every 5,000 samples.nouns + errorcomputer error It is unlikely that the accident was caused by computer error.human/driver/pilot error (=errors made by people, drivers etc) Automatic checks reduce the danger of human error. | Investigators believe the crash was caused by pilot error.verbsmake an error The bank made an error, and added $10,000 to her account instead of $100.commit an error formal (=make an error, especially one that has very serious effects) He knew he had committed a serious error of judgment.contain an error/have an error in it If the data contains errors, the results will be wrong.find/spot/notice an error His teacher spotted several errors in his work.correct an error also rectify an error formal We will rectify the error as soon as possible.realize your error By the time she realized her error, it was too late.point out an error (=tell someone there is one) Why didn’t you point out the error at the time?avoid errors How can we avoid similar errors in the future?compound an error formal (=make it worse) He refused to listen to our advice, which compounded the error.prepositionsan error in sth There must be an error in our calculations.phrasesan error of judgment The decision to lie on the application form was an error of judgment.a margin of error (=an amount by which something may be different from the correct amount, without causing problems) We have to allow for a small margin of error in the calculations.be in error (=have made a mistake) The doctor admitted he was in error.do sth in error (=do something by mistake) The wrong man was arrested in error.learn from your past errors formal If we do not learn from our past errors, we will probably repeat them. |
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