err
err
[əː]
verb
err on the right side
[əː]
verb
- [no obj.](formal)be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake
(正式)出错；犯错误
the judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible.
法官判定证据不可接受是错误的。
■[often as adj. erring]sin; do wrong
作恶；犯过错
he had been as solicitous as an erring husband.
他关切得像做错了事的丈夫。
err on the right side
- act so that the least harmful of possible mistakes or errors is the most likely to occur
力求稳妥
- display more rather than less of (a specified quality) in one's actions
（行动上）多表现（某种品质）
it is better to err on the side of caution.
多一些谨慎总是好的。
- (proverb)it is human nature to make mistakes oneself while finding it hard to forgive others
(谚)犯错人皆难免，宽恕则属超凡
- Middle English (in the sense 'wander, go astray'): from Old French errer, from Latin errare 'to stray'
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