I'd always played a defensive game, waiting for my opponent to make a mistake.

我总是打防守战，等着对手出错。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

We make a grave mistake to embrace the Extrovert Ideal so unthinkingly.

我们如此不假思索地接受外向理想主义是一个严重的错误。

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It's easy to make a mistake.

犯错误很容易。

《牛津词典》

"We are not always going to be right. And I do not want everybody disappointed if we make a mistake here or there.

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That's a crucial mistake that we make when we first try to come to terms with what Freud means by "the death wish."

如果我们一开始就试图理解弗洛伊德所谓的,“死亡冲动“就犯了大错误了“

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It's a common mistake to make if you forget that I've actually declared that variable up top, but wait a minute, I know any time that I use a variable, I have to declare it.

这是一个通常犯的错误，如果你忘了,之前在前面已经声明了这个变量，等等，我知道在任何时候,我使用一个变量，我必须声明它。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

So we all make mistakes and we are allowed to make a mistake and to apologise.

BBC: Michael Schumacher reprimanded for blocking Barrichello

"Gambling is a billion-dollar industry, they can't afford to make a mistake, they can't afford to have these machines manipulated, " he says.

CNN: Nevada improves odds with e-vote

The effect of the Rangers' depth and Tortorella's willingness to use it is obvious: By playing less, a defenseman is less liable to make a mistake out of fatigue.

WSJ: A Reason for Ranger Hope