I made the mistake of watching a horror movie on television.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

0 So on a scale of 1 to 10, how big a mistake was it that they let Lehman go?

那么假定从1到,让雷曼兄弟破产的决定是多大的错误？

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

I must have made a mistake on my project.

我肯定在项目里出什么差错了。

Must 课堂 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

A year ago,he was campaigning for the presidency on the presumption that Iraq was a big mistake and we needed to focus on Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

Freud's mistake, and it's--although I'm picking on Freud, it's not only Freud that runs this sort of argument.

弗洛伊德是错的，虽然我选择他做例子，不仅是弗洛伊德一个人持有这种论点。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

"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

And you will be invited to make that mistake on an exam, I'm sure.

我相信在考试中你们有人肯定,会犯这样的错误。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

That was a mistake," The doomsday prediction on the Himalayan glaciers was part of a larger report which has been instrumental in shaping the global debate on climate change.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.

我会背，比如说，联邦条例,我会抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里颤抖，然后开始背，直到犯错，于是，我就会被批评严惩，自尊完全被这个怪物践踏了,他对其他人也会如此加注痛苦。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

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

They said, it's not going to work because you have to decide how much the house is insured for and then anybody--If you ever make a mistake and you insure it for too much, then the people who realize they've got one on the insurance company-- they've insured the house for more than it's worth-- they'll burn down their house and collect the money.

他们说，火险根本无法实施,因为你必须判断,这房子的保价是多少,一旦你出现了一些失误,保价评估得过高，那些意识到他们可能会从,保险公司赚利的人们-,即保险公司的保价高于房子的实际价值-,他们就会烧掉自己的房子来赚钱。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Doesn't that suggest that it's a mistake to try to put monetary figures on questions of human life?

这不就表明,用金钱衡量人的生命，是个错误吗？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

Now, you think you can make a mistake on your exam, take a look at this up here at tell me what that all is. I have no idea.

你觉得你可以在考试的时候犯错误，看一看这之前写的东西,能告诉我这些是什么，我也不知道。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选