blunder, error, fault, mistake這一組詞都有“錯誤”之意，十分容易在日常學習中搞混。那么我們該如何區(qū)分呢？下面由杭州中譯翻譯公司為您帶來易混淆英語詞匯辨析。

　　1. Blunder

　　A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.

 　　(因為無知、疏忽犯下的)大錯，愚蠢的錯誤。

　　例句：

　　I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time. 

　　我認為他在時機遠未成熟時就把這事說了出去是一種失策。

　　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。

　　2. Error

　　An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done.

　　指判斷、計算或行為上的錯誤，也指智力或道義上的錯誤。

　　例句：

　　NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations... 

　　美國國家航空航天局在它的計算結果中發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個數(shù)學錯誤。

　　MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment. 

　　議員們抨擊管理的松散和判斷的失誤。

　　The accident was caused by human error.

　　這一事故是人為錯誤造成的。

　　3. Fault

　　這個詞有三種“錯誤”的意思，且層次不一樣：

　　1）If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it.

　　責任；過失；過錯

　　例句：

　　There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault... 

　　這全是他的錯，這是無法回避的事實。

　　2）A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.

　　錯誤； 失誤

　　例句：

　　It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school. 

　　以為在商學院能學會如何管理人是一大錯誤。

　　3）A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.

　　缺點；毛病，多指道德行為的缺點或功能方面的缺陷。

　　例句：

　　His manners had always made her blind to his faults. 

　　他的彬彬有禮總是使她對他的缺點視而不見。

　　...a short delay due to a minor technical fault... 

　　一個技術上的小故障引起的短暫延誤

　　4. Mistake

　　If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want.

　　誤會，誤解；(粗心、遺忘所導致的)錯誤。

　　例句：

　　I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life.

　　我認為把書本同生活混為一談是大錯特錯。

　　One should not plead inexperience in excuse of his mistake.

　　一個人不應該借口缺乏經驗來為其錯誤辯解。