Part of the reason why we obsess over our work is because we want it to be mistake-free.
我们沉迷于工作的部分原因是我们希望不犯任何错误。
He might feel that leveraging the company at a time when he sees tremendous growth opportunities would be a mistake.
他可能感觉到在看到巨大的发展机会时举债经营公司是一个错误。
If I may be so bold as to suggest that he made a mistake in his calculations...
恕我冒昧，他的计算有个错误…
That kind of thinking is a mistake, because when the dust settles, people are going to be pretty much what they are.
这种想法是错误的，因为当尘埃落定时，人们还会是他们以前的样子。
那肯定会有错误吗？
A very common mistake, especially early on, is to assume that your reader is the person who will be marking the report.
一个很常见的错误，尤其是在开始阶段，就是想当然地认为你的读者就是给报告打分的人。
Postponing doing what you love and being with people you love until retirement can be a mistake.
把做你喜欢的事并和你爱的人在一起这类事推迟至退休后再做，这可能是错的。
Older people and women made the mistake slightly more often, but that may be because grandparents have more grandchildren to mix up than parents have children.
老年人和妇女稍微更容易犯这种错误，但这可能是因为相比起父母照顾自己的孩子，祖父母要照顾的孙辈更多，容易混淆。
Any regard for the suffering of animals is seen as a mistake—a sentimental displacement of feeling that should properly be directed to other humans.
任何对动物痛苦的关注都被视为一种错误——一种情感上的错位，而这种情感应该恰当地指向其他人。
In a market where there appears to be a surplus, the common mistake is to tack on too many unnecessary requirements.
在一个似乎存在过剩的市场，附加太多不必要的要求是常见的错误。
That mistake had been made in the mid-seventies when they recruited the number one grad from Harvard, who happened to be a she and a wizard at taxation.
上世纪70年代中期，他们就犯过那样的错误，当时他们从哈佛大学招募了一名第一名的毕业生，这名毕业生恰好是一名女性，也是税务方面的奇才。
In effect a railroad could never be held responsible for injury to one employee caused by the mistake of another.
实际上，铁路不应该对因一名员工的失误而对另一名员工造成的工伤负责。
It would be a mistake to think we are right now simply experiencing the painful side of a boom and bust cycle.
如果认为我们现在只是在经历大起大落循环中痛苦的那一面，那就错了。
Pupils mark their own homework: this is an important principle in Japanese schooling as it enables pupils to see where and why they made a mistake, so that these can be avoided in future.
学生们自己给作业打分：这是日本学校教育中一个很重要的原则，因为它可以学生们看到他们在哪里犯错以及为什么犯错，这样以后就可以避免这些错误。
If the sea animals eat them by mistake, the rubbish will be hard to digest and stay in their stomachs forever.
如果海洋动物不小心吃了它们，垃圾很难被它们消化，会永远留在它们的胃里。
A child might be less afraid to make a mistake in front of a robot than in front of a real person.
比起在真人面前，孩子在机器人面前更不怕犯错。
Yet as any programmer knows, it would be a mistake to optimise prematurely.
正如任何程序员所知道的那样，过早地优化可能是一个错误。
But that would be a mistake: the stakes are simply too high, going all the way up the very survival of our species.
但那样可能会是一个错误：所下的赌注实在太高，涉及所有人类特有的生存方式。
This can be a mistake, as increasing your income is an excellent way to boost your rate of saving.
这可能是一个错误，因为增加你的收入是提高积蓄的很好的方法。
Land for peace was one thing, they said; land with no peace agreement in return was going to be a mistake.
他们认为，土地换和平只说明了一件事：没有和平协议保障的土地只能导致一错再错。
Just as it would be a mistake to underestimate the new Brazil, so it would be to gloss over its weaknesses.
正如低估新巴西会是一个错误一样，掩饰它的弱点也会是一个错误。
It would be a mistake for companies to blindly jump into the social media whirlwind without first defining clear goals.
一个企业在开始社会化营销之前，如果没有一个清晰的目标，而只是盲目跟风，那将是一个错误的举动。
Just as it would be a mistake to underestimate the new Brazil, so it would be to gloss over its weaknesses. Some of these are depressingly familiar.
正如低估一个新的巴西是一个错误，掩饰它的弱点也是错误的，其中有些让人忧心忡忡。
Sheeshka, even when you make a mistake, chances are it'll be the "right" mistake to make...
即使你犯错了，那也很可能是个“正确的”错误。
But Mr Chartres is clear that banning the use of wastewater in agriculture would be a mistake.
但Chartres先生非常明确地指出，禁止使用废水灌溉农田将是一个错误。
This too may turn out to be a mistake but if so, you will learn a third, even better lesson: how much having a job matters to you.
这也有可能是错误的决定，但如果是这样，你就会学到第三个、甚至更有价值的教训：有一份工作对你是多么重要。
Of course, it would be a mistake to draw any strong conclusions from the results of this one study.
当然，仅从这一项调查结果就想提炼出一个有说服力的结论是不明智的。
Of course, it would be a mistake to draw any strong conclusions from the results of this one study.
当然，仅从这一项调查结果就想提炼出一个有说服力的结论是不明智的。
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