"he made a bad mistake"
"she was quick to point out my errors"
"I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
"he wasn't going to admit his mistake"
"make no mistake about his intentions"
"there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"
"the book was full of errors"
"Don't mistake her for her twin sister"
1.错误;过失
If you make amistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want.
e.g. They made the bigmistake of thinking they could seize its border with a relatively small force...
他们大错特错,居然认为以较少的兵力就能够夺取其边境地区。
e.g. I think it's a seriousmistake to confuse books with life...
我认为把书本同生活混为一谈是大错特错。
2.不正确的事;错事
Amistake is something or part of something which is incorrect or not right.
e.g. Her mother sighed and rubbed out anothermistake in the crossword puzzle.
她的母亲叹了口气,擦去了纵横填字游戏里另一个填错的地方。
e.g. ...spelling mistakes.
拼写错误
3.搞错;把…误认为;把…错当成
If youmistake one person or thingfor another, you wrongly think that they are the other person or thing.
e.g. I mistook you for Carlos...
我把你错当成卡洛斯了。
e.g. When hay fever first occurs it is often mistaken for a summer cold.
花粉病初期常被误认为是风热感冒。
4.认错;误解;搞错;误会
If youmistake something, you fail to recognize or understand it.
e.g. The government completely mistook the feeling of the country...
政府完全没有把握住该国民意。
e.g. No one shouldmistake how serious the issue is.
任何人都不该低估该问题的严重性。
5.绝不可能搞错
You can saythere is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
e.g. There's no mistaking the eastern flavour of the food...
那种食物就是东方风味,绝对错不了。
e.g. There was no mistaking Magda's sincerity, or her pain.
玛格达的真诚和痛苦都绝不可能是假装的。