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I . mistake <mistook, mistaken> [mıˈsteık] VB trans

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II . mistake <mistook, mistaken> [mıˈsteık] VB intr

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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

Usage examples with mistake

a grievous mistake
严重错误
make a mistake
犯错
a mistake issuing from carelessness
因粗心而产生的错误
Don't mistake his politeness for friendliness.
不要把他的礼貌误解为友好。
The mistake grew out of his carelessness.
这错误是他的粗心造成的。
The mistake was the result of (an) oversight.
这错误是疏忽造成的。
He never admits his mistake. [or He never admits that he is wrong.]
他从不承认错误。

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
When a spring remained in the placeholder, the workers knew that they had forgotten to insert it and could correct the mistake effortlessly.
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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.
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A common mistake is to grant the shared service center a status equal to that of business unit or division.
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Hubris prompted the boys to overprint issue 4, a mistake that they, their wives, and their storage spaces, still regret today.
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Many animals that live on or in the sea consume flotsam by mistake, as it often looks similar to their natural prey.
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It was a training flight with one idle engine; the crash was caused by flight engineer who has switched off the second engine by mistake.
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However, it would be a mistake to think that we do not need to question the current level of the Cohesion Fund.
www.europarl.europa.eu
It featured a live audience whose laughter meant that viewers could not mistake the show for a real chat show.
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