It seemed as if someone had made a terrible mistake.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

John Milton has made a mistake. He's made a literary mistake and, as I think all editors know, Spenser does not.

约翰·弥尔顿犯下了一个错误，他犯下了一个文学上的错误，而且我认为所有的编辑都知道，这个错误斯潘塞没犯过。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

So the exodus is a paradigm for salvation, but it would be a mistake, I think, to view the Exodus as the climax of the preceding narrative.

出埃及是救赎的范本，但我认为，这也许是个错误，把《出埃及记》当做前面叙述的高潮。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

"It had a tremendous impact on children and adults with chronic medical conditions so it would be a mistake to characterize the pandemic as being mild."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

North Korea's official Rodung Sinmun newspaper described the country as a "proud nuclear power" Monday, and warned it would be a "great mistake for the United States to think it will not be hurt" in the event of military conflict on the peninsula.

VOA: standard.2009.06.22