plural errors
plural errors
Learner's definition of ERROR
1
: something that is not correct : a wrong action or statement : mistake错误;差错;谬误 [count]
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I made an error in my calculations.我犯了个计算错误。
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They uncovered several errors in his report to the committee.他们在他提交给委员会的报告中发现了一些错误。
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The paper contains numerous spelling errors.这篇论文有多处拼写错误。
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The computer displayed an error message. [=a message indicating that an error has occurred]这台计算机出现了一条错误提示。
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The project was a comedy of errors. [=there were many errors made throughout the project]这项计划中错误随处可见。
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The company has admitted that it made an error in judgment [=a poor decision] in trying to expand too quickly.这家公司坦承,试图迅速扩展经营规模是个错误决策。
[noncount]
— see also trial and error at 1trial 2
[count] : a mistake made by a person who is playing a sport (such as baseball or tennis)(棒球、网球等运动中的)失误
in error
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: not correct错误的 -
I believe your conclusion is in error. [=incorrect, mistaken]我认为你的结论是错误的。
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The judge was in error when she allowed the evidence to be admitted.女法官判断失误,允许了那项证据被采纳。
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: in a way that is not correct错误地;弄错了地 -
My earlier statement was made in error. [=my earlier statement was incorrect]我先前的陈述有误。
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The evidence was admitted in error. [=incorrectly, mistakenly]那项证据被错误地采纳了。
margin of/for error
— see margin
the error of your ways
◊ To see, recognize, acknowledge, etc., the error of your ways is to admit that you have been doing something wrong or behaving badly and to stop doing it.自己犯的错误
— errorless
/ˈerɚləs/ adjective