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اللَّامُبَالَاةِ
錯誤
I. mistake <mistook, mistaken> [mıˈsteık] VB trans
1. mistake:
mistake
误解 wùjiě
mistake
曲解 qūjiě
Don't mistake his politeness for friendliness.
不要把他的礼貌误解为友好。
2. mistake:
mistake
(for)认错 rèncuò
mistake
看错 kàncuò
I mistook her for one of my colleagues.
我把她错当作我的一位同事了。
II. mistake <mistook, mistaken> [mıˈsteık] VB intr
mistake
弄错 nòngcuò
mistake
犯错 fàncuò
III. mistake <mistook, mistaken> [mıˈsteık] N
mistake
错误 cuòwù
mistake
误会 wùhuì
mistake
过失 guòshī
make a mistake
犯错
good-faith mistake N
good-faith mistake
好心犯的错误 hǎoxīn fàn de cuòwù
Present
Imistake
youmistake
he/she/itmistakes
wemistake
youmistake
theymistake
Past
Imistook
youmistook
he/she/itmistook
wemistook
youmistook
theymistook
Present Perfect
Ihavemistaken
youhavemistaken
he/she/ithasmistaken
wehavemistaken
youhavemistaken
theyhavemistaken
Past Perfect
Ihadmistaken
youhadmistaken
he/she/ithadmistaken
wehadmistaken
youhadmistaken
theyhadmistaken
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)
gloss over one's mistakes
掩盖错误
be prone to make mistakes
容易出错
I own that I have made mistakes.
我承认自己犯了错误。
A careless person is apt to make mistakes.
粗心的人容易犯错误。
We should learn to profit by [or from] mistakes.
我们应该学会从错误中吸取教训。
Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)
When a spring remained in the placeholder, the workers knew that they had forgotten to insert it and could correct the mistake effortlessly.
en.wikipedia.org
Not a mistake; as this is a two-page island of horizontal writing within a book whose text is otherwise vertical, it is paginated backwards.
en.wikipedia.org
If you worry about being suddenly short of money, or accidentally making a mistake with your checking account, you can buy overdraft protection.
www.theatlantic.com
However, in his new get-up, the dim-witted gangsters mistake him for the turtle.
en.wikipedia.org
A common mistake is to grant the shared service center a status equal to that of business unit or division.
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