error

1. N-VAR An error is something you have done that is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or that should not have been done. 错误

NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations. 美国国家航空航天局发现了其计算中的一个数学错误。

2. PHRASE If you do something in error or if it happens in error, you do it or it happens because you have made a mistake, especially in your judgment. 错误地

The plane was shot down in error by a NATO missile. 那架飞机被北大西洋公约组织的一颗导弹错误地击落了。

3. PHRASE If someone sees the error of their ways, they realize or admit that they have made a mistake or behaved badly. 认识到自身错误

I wanted an opportunity to talk some sense into him and try to make him see the error of his ways. 我想找个机会给他讲讲道理，尽量让他认识到自身的错误。