n. 错误，过失，误解；差错，口误，笔误；失策，失误；
vt.& vi. 弄错，误解；
vt. 认不出；误会；看错；
vi. 弄错；误解；
1.n.错误。常用搭配：make a mistake 出错，犯错；
take sth. by mistake 错拿了某人的东西；by mistake 错误地。
2.mistake作动词时，意为“弄错；误解”。过去式为mistook,过去分词为mistaken。常用搭配：mistake sb./sth. for sb./sth. 把某人/物错当成某人/物
1. The president beat his breast and called that deal a mistake.
总裁捶胸顿足，称那是个错误的交易。
2. This was a genuine mistake, but it did cause me some worry.
这是好心办错事，可是确实让我担心了一阵子。
3. Could you have given them the wrong drug by mistake?
你有没有可能一时疏忽给错他们药了呢？
4. I may have made a mistake in that regard.
我在那一点上可能已经犯了一个错误。
5. What women mistake as thoughtlessness is often just diffidence.
女性误以为是考虑不周的事情往往只是缺乏自信。
6. No one should mistake how serious the issue is.
任何人都不该低估该问题的严重性。