英语在表达上与汉语有很多相似之处，但是也存在许多差异。比如在英语中要表达“错”，我们不仅要知道它的词性是名词、动词、形容词还是副词，还要了解它的同义词和近义词，以及在不同的语境下“错”的不同含义。

在日常生活中，对于以下的句子，我们通常可以做到脱口而出：

1. 对不起！我错怪你了。

2. 抱歉！这是我的错。

3. 你认错人了；你用错了人；她嫁错了人；我坐错了车；您打错了电话。

4. 不要错失良机哟！

5. 你吃错了药吧！

6. 请大家错开高峰期上下班。

7. 大错特错。

8. 千万不要一错再错啦。

9. 我不小心把你的电话号码删掉了。

10. 不好意思，纯属口误/笔误。

11. 我经常把你和你姐弄错，你们俩儿长的太像了。

12. 这不应该是电脑的错误，而是人为的错误。

以上这些句子用英文怎么表达呢？这里面的各种“错”又有什么区别？

1. error: (rather formal) aword, figure, etc. that is not said or written down correctly 指用词、数字等的错误、口误、笔误

There are too many errors in yourwork. 你的工作失误太多。

A simple errorof judgement may lead to a disaster. 一个简单的判断错误可能会造成灾难。

The delay of theflight was due to human error. 航班的延误是人为错误造成的。

There isno room for error in this job. 这项工作决不允许出差错。

2. slip: a smallmistake, usually made by being careless or not paying attention 指常常因粗心或未予以重视造成的差错、疏漏、纰漏

He recited thewhole poem without making a single slip. 他一字不差地背诵了全诗。

Sorry. Thatwas just a slip of the pen/tongue. 抱歉！那只是一个笔误/口误。

SYNONYMS 同义词辨析

error inaccuracy slip howler misprint typo

a(n) mistake / error / inaccuracy / slip / howler /misprint / typo in sth.

a common mistake / error / typo

a spelling/ grammatical mistake / error

to make a(n) mistake / error / slip /howler / typo

to contain/ be full of mistakes /errors / inaccuracies / howlers / misprints / typos

to correctthe mistakes / errors /inaccuracies / misprints / typos

3.1fault /flt/ n.

(1).the responsibility for sth wrong that has happened or been done 责任；过错；过失

Why shouldI say sorry when it's not my fault? 不是我的错为什么要我道歉？

It'snobody's fault. 谁都没有错。

It's yourown fault for being careless. 你粗心大意是你自己的过失。

I thinkthe owners are at fault (= responsible) for notwarning us. 我认为业主没有提醒我们是有责任的。

(2).[C] a bad or weak aspect of sb's character 弱点；缺点

He's proudof his children and blind to their faults. 他为孩子们感到自豪，对他们的缺点视而不见。

I loveher for all her faults (= in spite of them). 尽管她有这么多缺点，我还是爱她。

(3).[C] something that is wrong or not perfect with sth; something that iswrong with a machine or system that stops it from working correctly 缺陷；毛病；故障

The book'svirtues far outweigh its faults. 这本书优点远远大于缺失。

Thesystem, for all its faults, is the best available at themoment. 这个系统虽然缺点不少，却是现在最好的一个。

a majorfault in the design 设计中的一个重大失误

astructural fault 结构缺陷

anelectrical fault 电路故障

(4).[C] a mistake made when serving 发球失误

He hasserved a number of double faults in this set. 他在这盘发球出现了一些双误。

(5).[C] a place where there is a break that is longer than usual in the layersof rock in the earth's crust（地壳岩层的）断层

a faultline 断层线

3.2faulty /flti/ adj.

(1).not perfect; not working or made correctly 不完美的；有错误的；有缺陷的

Ask for arefund if the goods are faulty. 商品如有缺陷，可要求退款。

anaccident caused by a faulty signal 错误信号造成的事故

(2).(of a way of thinking) wrong or containing mistakes, often resulting inbad decisions 错误的；有错误的

faulty reasoning 错误推理

SYNONYMS同义词辨析

false mistaken incorrect inaccurate misguided untrue

● be wrong / mistaken about sth

● to prove wrong / false / mistaken / incorrect /inaccurate / misguided / untrue

● wrong / false / mistaken / incorrect / inaccurate / untrue information

● a(n) false / mistaken / incorrect / inaccurate / misguided belief

● a(n) wrong / incorrect answer

● absolutely / completely / totally / quite wrong / false / mistaken /incorrect / inaccurate / misguided / untrue

● It is / would be wrong / false / incorrect / inaccurate / untrue tosay...

了解了常见和非常见的各种“错”的表达之后，以下的常用表达便可以迎刃而解了。

1.I'm sorry! I was wrong about you.

2. Sorry! It's myfault.

3.You've got the wrong person. You hired/employed the wrong person;She married the wrong man; I took the wrong bus; You have the wrongnumber.

7.You’re completely/entirely/totally wrong/mistaken; You made a big mistake;You’re far from being right.

8.Don't repeat your mistakes; Don’t make the same mistakerepeatedly; Don’t make the same mistake again and again.

10. Sorry. It’s a slipof tongue /the pen.

11. Ioften mistake you for your sister. You two look so much alike.

12. It shouldn'tbe a computer error/mistake but a human error/mistake.

当然，有些句子中虽然有“错”，但是用英语表达出来不一定要用以上的任何“错”字。而有时候即使没有“错”，但是翻译成英文仍然会用到“错”字。例如：

4. Don’t ever missthe golden opportunity /once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

5. You must be mad/insane /crazy /sick! Are you mad /insane /crazy /sick? What’s wrong withyou?

6. Please make sureto stagger the rush hour. Please travel/get to and from work by avoidingthe rush hour.

9.I deleted your phone number by mistake /by accident /accidentally.

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