词汇精选：blunder的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
愚蠢的错误，疏忽，失误 [C]
例句：
I've made an awful blunder.
我做了一件大错特错的事。
例句：
His blunder would certainly queer his chances of promotion.
他犯的大错肯定会毁了他晋升的机会。
v.
犯愚蠢的错误，失误，弄糟，弄错，做错，办错 [I]
例句：
I hope you won't blunder again.
我希望你不要再犯大错。
例句：
She blundered when she added up the bill.
她把账款相加时弄错了。
不慎陷入，误打误撞地进入 [I]
例句：
People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in future.
人们想知道他们是怎样稀里糊涂地陷入战争的，以及日后该如何避免重蹈覆辙。
例句：
They blundered into an argument.
他们错误地卷进了一场争论。
跌跌撞撞，慌乱地走 [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。
无意中说出，漏嘴说出 [I]
例句：
He blundered out a secret.
他无意中泄漏了秘密。
例句：
She blundered out an apology.
她随口说了声道歉。
二、词义辨析：
error,fault,blunder,flaw,mistake,shortcoming,defect,slip
这些名词均有“错误”或“缺点”之意。error指思想或行动背离正题轨道或没有得到正确指引而出现的偏差或错误。fault一般指小并且可宽容的缺点、错误。blunder通常指由于无知或情况不明造成判断或行动上的大错。flaw指结构或组织上的缺点，如破裂之处。用作比喻意义时，指品格上的缺陷。mistake最普通用词，泛指思想上、行为上或认识上的判断或理解方面的错误。shortcoming指没有达到所要求的标准、没有充分发展或没尽到职责的不足、缺点或短处。多用复数形式。 defect普通用词。指表面上的缺陷，或指人或物本质上的缺点。slip指因疏忽或无意而造成的差错。
三、相关短语：
blunder out
无意中说出,泄漏
四、参考例句：
I hope you won't blunder again.
我希望你不要再犯大错。
His blunder would certainly queer his chances of promotion.
他犯的大错肯定会毁了他晋升的机会。
It had been a monumentAl blunder to give him the assignment.
当时把这项任务给他是大错特错了。
I made an awful blunder——switched off his computer while he was working on it.
我犯了个愚蠢的错误，他在计算机上工作的时候，我把电源给切断了。
An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.
一个令人难堪的疏忽几乎毁掉了他还没有起步的事业。
I saw that I had been guilty of a careless blunder.
我意识到自己因疏忽而酿成大错。
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
青年时鲁莽，中年时奋斗，老年时后悔。（本杰明·迪斯雷利）
The university did not realise the blunder until it was pointed out by student website The Plymouth Tab.
直到学生们在普利茅斯Tab网站上指出问题后学校才发现这个错误。
Now that you've gotten some distance and perspective, revisit your blunder with the other people who witnessed it.
冷静下来仔细思考后，你需要回访一下看见你犯错的人。
Although your blunder may seem monumental to you, it may be far less significant to the other people involved.
也许你犯的错误对你自己很重要，但对其他相关的人来说就没那么重要了。
