Err



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 犯错误, 出错
• ［英］ v. 犯错误, 出错 ( make mistakes)
• ［记］ err 本身就是词根:漫游, 犯错误

Webster Collegiate

intransitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French errer, from Latin errare to wander, err; akin to Old English ierre wandering, perverse, Gothic airzeis deceived
• Date: 14th century
• 1. archaic stray
• 2.
  • a. to make a mistake <erred in his calculations><erred on the side of caution>
  • b. to violate an accepted standard of conduct

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