blunder, error, fault, mistake這一組詞都有“錯(cuò)誤”之意,十分容易在日常學(xué)習(xí)中搞混。那么我們?cè)撊绾螀^(qū)分呢?下面由杭州中譯翻譯公司為您帶來易混淆英語詞匯辨析。
1. Blunder
A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
(因?yàn)闊o知、疏忽犯下的)大錯(cuò),愚蠢的錯(cuò)誤。
例句:
I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time.
我認(rèn)為他在時(shí)機(jī)遠(yuǎn)未成熟時(shí)就把這事說了出去是一種失策。
I saw that I had been guilty of a careless blunder.
我意識(shí)到自己因疏忽而釀成大錯(cuò)。
2. Error
An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done.
指判斷、計(jì)算或行為上的錯(cuò)誤,也指智力或道義上的錯(cuò)誤。
例句:
NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations...
美國國家航空航天局在它的計(jì)算結(jié)果中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)數(shù)學(xué)錯(cuò)誤。
MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment.
議員們抨擊管理的松散和判斷的失誤。
The accident was caused by human error.
這一事故是人為錯(cuò)誤造成的。
3. Fault
這個(gè)詞有三種“錯(cuò)誤”的意思,且層次不一樣:
1)If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it.
責(zé)任;過失;過錯(cuò)
例句:
There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault...
這全是他的錯(cuò),這是無法回避的事實(shí)。
2)A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.
錯(cuò)誤; 失誤
例句:
It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school.
以為在商學(xué)院能學(xué)會(huì)如何管理人是一大錯(cuò)誤。
3)A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.
缺點(diǎn);毛病,多指道德行為的缺點(diǎn)或功能方面的缺陷。
例句:
His manners had always made her blind to his faults.
他的彬彬有禮總是使她對(duì)他的缺點(diǎn)視而不見。
...a short delay due to a minor technical fault...
一個(gè)技術(shù)上的小故障引起的短暫延誤
4. Mistake
If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want.
誤會(huì),誤解;(粗心、遺忘所導(dǎo)致的)錯(cuò)誤。
例句:
I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life.
我認(rèn)為把書本同生活混為一談是大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)。
One should not plead inexperience in excuse of his mistake.
一個(gè)人不應(yīng)該借口缺乏經(jīng)驗(yàn)來為其錯(cuò)誤辯解。
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