err

英 [ɜː(r)]

美 [er]

v.  犯错误; 做错事; 出差错

过去分词：erred　过去式：erred　第三人称单数：errs　现在分词：erring　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.13980 / COCA.13165

习惯用语

v.

err on the side of sth
• 过于；失之
  to show too much of a good quality
• I thought it was better to err on the side of caution (= to be too careful rather than take a risk) .
  我认为宁可过于谨慎也不要冒风险。

牛津词典

verb

• 犯错误；做错事；出差错
  to make a mistake
  1. To err is human…
     犯错人皆难免…

柯林斯词典

• VERB 犯错误;出差错
  If youerr, you make a mistake.
  1. It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates...
     它批评主要承包商在其最初估价中犯了严重的错误。
  2. If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again.
     如果你作出威胁，在他再犯错时，一定要说到做到。
• PHRASE 人非圣贤，孰能无过
  If you say thatto err is human, you mean that it is natural for human beings to make mistakes.
  1. To err is human, and nobody likes a perfect person.
     是人都会犯错，而且谁也不喜欢完人。
• PHRASE 宁愿过于…；力求…
  If youerr on the side ofcaution, for example, you decide to act in a cautious way, rather than take risks.
  1. They may be wise to err on the side of caution...
     他们过于谨慎也许是明智的。
  2. He probably erred on the conservative rather than the generous side.
     他可能过于保守，而不是过于宽宏大量。

英英释义

verb

• to make a mistake or be incorrect
  Synonym:mistakeslip
• wander from a direct course or at random
  1. The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her
  2. don't drift from the set course
  Synonym:straydrift

双语例句

• Don't err on the side of not wanting to offend strangers.
  不要犯因为不希望冒犯陌生人的错误。
• It traps a non-zero exit status from a command, using the ERR variable.
  它从命令中捕捉到一个非零的退出状态，并使用了ERR变量。
• It criticises the main contractor for seriously erring in its original estimates
  它批评主要承包商在其最初估价中犯了严重的错误。
• I would err on the side of gradualism and do it in stages.
  我曾经在过于坚持渐进主义上面犯过错误，我把他叫做阶段性错误。
• To err is human.
  犯错乃人之常情。
• In this book, we prefer to err in the opposite direction.
  这本书，我们宁愿犯相反的错误。
• The mysnom() function is an addition to the script, and the show_err() function is a replacement.
  mysnom（）函数是脚本的一个新增函数，showerr（）函数是一个替代函数。
• He probably erred on the conservative rather than the generous side.
  他可能过于保守，而不是过于宽宏大量。
• If you make a threat be sure to carry it out if he errs again.
  如果你作出威胁，在他再犯错时，一定要说到做到。
• Call ERR_error_string to achieve this.
  可以调用ERRerrorstring来得到该字符串。