詞彙精選：blunder的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
愚蠢的錯誤，疏忽，失誤 [C]
例句：
I've made an awful blunder.
我做了一件大錯特錯的事。
例句：
His blunder would certainly queer his chances of promotion.
他犯的大錯肯定會毀了他晉升的機會。
v.
犯愚蠢的錯誤，失誤，弄糟，弄錯，做錯，辦錯 [I]
例句：
I hope you won't blunder again.
我希望你不要再犯大錯。
例句：
She blundered when she added up the bill.
她把賬款相加時弄錯了。
不慎陷入，誤打誤撞地進入 [I]
例句：
People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in future.
人們想知道他們是怎樣稀裏糊塗地陷入戰爭的，以及日後該如何避免重蹈覆轍。
例句：
They blundered into an argument.
他們錯誤地捲進了一場爭論。
跌跌撞撞，慌亂地走 [I]
例句：
He had blundered into the table, upsetting the flowers.
他不小心撞到了桌子，把花打翻了。
例句：
He blundered out of the bar.
他跌跌撞撞地走出了酒吧。
無意中說出，漏嘴說出 [I]
例句：
He blundered out a secret.
他無意中泄漏了祕密。
例句：
She blundered out an apology.
她隨口說了聲道歉。
二、詞義辨析：
error,fault,blunder,flaw,mistake,shortcoming,defect,slip
這些名詞均有“錯誤”或“缺點”之意。error指思想或行動背離正題軌道或沒有得到正確指引而出現的偏差或錯誤。fault一般指小並且可寬容的缺點、錯誤。blunder通常指由於無知或情況不明造成判斷或行動上的大錯。flaw指結構或組織上的缺點，如破裂之處。用作比喻意義時，指品格上的缺陷。mistake最普通用詞，泛指思想上、行爲上或認識上的判斷或理解方面的錯誤。shortcoming指沒有達到所要求的標準、沒有充分發展或沒盡到職責的不足、缺點或短處。多用複數形式。 defect普通用詞。指表面上的缺陷，或指人或物本質上的缺點。slip指因疏忽或無意而造成的差錯。
三、相關短語：
blunder out
無意中說出,泄漏
四、參考例句：
I hope you won't blunder again.
我希望你不要再犯大錯。
His blunder would certainly queer his chances of promotion.
他犯的大錯肯定會毀了他晉升的機會。
It had been a monumental blunder to give him the assignment.
當時把這項任務給他是大錯特錯了。
I made an awful blunder——switched off his computer while he was working on it.
我犯了個愚蠢的錯誤，他在計算機上工作的時候，我把電源給切斷了。
An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.
一個令人難堪的疏忽幾乎毀掉了他還沒有起步的事業。
I saw that I had been guilty of a careless blunder.
我意識到自己因疏忽而釀成大錯。
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
The university did not realise the blunder until it was pointed out by student website The Plymouth Tab.
直到學生們在普利茅斯Tab網站上指出問題後學校才發現這個錯誤。
Now that you've gotten some distance and perspective, revisit your blunder with the other people who witnessed it.
冷靜下來仔細思考後，你需要回訪一下看見你犯錯的人。
Although your blunder may seem monumental to you, it may be far less significant to the other people involved.
也許你犯的錯誤對你自己很重要，但對其他相關的人來說就沒那麼重要了。
