Mistake

(noun.) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; 'he made a bad mistake'; 'she was quick to point out my errors'; 'I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults'.

(noun.) an understanding of something that is not correct; 'he wasn't going to admit his mistake'; 'make no mistake about his intentions'; 'there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister'.

(verb.) identify incorrectly; 'Don't mistake her for her twin sister'.

校对:鲁本

• My education was a mistake. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He never seems to have made the mistake of confusing democracy with demolatry. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• He must be a wizard and no mistake. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• And when I wait upon 'em, they'll say to me sometimes--WITH IT ON--thick, and no mistake--“How am I looking, Mowcher? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• No; Justinian is too keen a judge of character to mistake our Greek goose for a swan. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Here is some mistake I am suresome dreadful mistake. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• All through school hours I make mistakes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, as he got into bed, 'I have made one of the most extraordinary mistakes to-night, that ever were heard of. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Lady Catherine was generally speaking--stating the mistakes of the three others, or relating some anecdote of herself. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I made a mistake; we are all liable to mistakes; I won't do so any more, and I'll become such a lawyer as is not often seen. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I am not so unreasonable, sir, as to think you at all responsible for my mistakes and wrong conclusions; but I always supposed it was Miss Havisham. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The mistakes and omissions made in addressing these price cards became no less frequent. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Nor do I perceive how I can easily be mistaken in this matter. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• I wish you could know Mr. Clayton; he is the dearest fellow imaginable, and unless I am mistaken he has fallen very much in love with me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• And,' said Mrs. Micawber, 'though it is possible I may be mistaken in my view of the ceremony, I never will! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Sir, you have been entirely mistaken in supposing it. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• You are very much mistaken. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Tom spoke in a mild voice, but with a decision that could not be mistaken. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• A brougham was coming down it, and there could be no mistaking those gray horses. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He had hinted, beyond the possibility of mistaking him, that he suspected her of being the thief. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But anyone who makes the tariff the principal concern of statecraft is, I believe, mistaking the hedge for the house. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There was no mistaking the expression on her face. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The merely practical man loses much by not knowing the backgrou nd of his activities; the mere theorist fails by mistaking the shadow for the substance. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• But there was no mistaking it now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• I mistook the chapter, and book, and Testament--gospel for law, Acts for Genesis, the city of Jerusalem for the plain of Shinar. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• And now I think he hates me because--because you mistook him yesterday. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• If we was not in a muddle among ourseln, I should'n ha' been, by my own fellow weavers and workin' brothers, so mistook. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• In a snowstorm you rode up to a moose and he mistook your horse for another moose and trotted forward to meet you. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• She meant it kindly, but Amy mistook her meaning, and said quickly. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Seeing all these preparations, my idea of a prince was very high; but when he did arrive I mistook the Duke of Newcastle for him, the duke being a fine-looking man. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

校对:罗尼