mistake/mɪ'steɪk/

n. a wrong action, statement or judgement

v. think wrongly that sb or sth is sb else or sth else

➭pt. mistook/mɪ'stʊk/

➭ pp. mistaken/mɪ'steɪkən/

n. [C] 错误：His composition is full of spelling mistakes. 他的作文满篇都是拼写错误。

◇We all make mistakes. 我们都会犯错误。

v. [T] 把…错当成：[mistake sth¹/sb¹ for sth²/sb²] He mistook me for my brother. 他把我错当成我哥哥了。

by mistake 错误地；意外地：Bob took the old man's umbrella by mistake. 鲍勃误拿了老人的伞。

音组-ake/-eɪk/

bake; cake; lake; make; mistake; quake; shake; snake; take; wake

常犯错误

✗ do a mistake

✓ make a mistake 犯错误

谚语If you don't make mistakes you don't make anything. 不犯错，难成功。

辨析error; fault; mistake