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by mistake

读音

英 [baɪ mɪˈsteɪk];美 [baɪ mɪˈsteɪk]

意思

“by mistake” 意思是“错误地;无意中”,指由于疏忽、不小心或缺乏注意而做错了事或造成了意外的结果。

出处

这个短语起源于英语中对错误行为的一种简洁表达,具体起源时间难以精确追溯,但在日常英语和书面语中广泛使用,随着英语语言的发展逐渐固定下来。

近义词

accidentally:“偶然地;意外地”,强调事件发生没有预先计划或意料之外。例如:I accidentally spilled coffee on my shirt.(我不小心把咖啡洒在了衬衫上。)

inadvertently:“不经意地;疏忽地”,侧重于因没有充分留意而导致某种情况发生。例如:He inadvertently made a wrong turn.(他不经意间拐错了弯。)

mistakenly:“错误地”,更直接地表示做了错误的事情或持有错误的观点。例如:He mistakenly thought the meeting was tomorrow.(他错误地以为会议在明天。)

反义词

deliberately:“故意地;蓄意地”,表示有意识、有目的地做某事。例如:He deliberately broke the window.(他故意打破了窗户。)

intentionally:“有意地;故意地”,强调行为是出于主观意愿和目的。例如:She intentionally ignored his call.(她故意不理他的电话。)

用法

“by mistake” 是一个副词短语,在句子中通常作状语,用来修饰动词,表示该动作是在错误的情况下发生的。其位置比较灵活,可以放在句末,也可以放在句首(较少见)。例如:

She took my book by mistake.(她误拿了我的书。)

By mistake, he sent the email to the wrong person.(他不小心把邮件发给了错误的人。)

造句

I put salt in my coffee by mistake.(我不小心把盐放进了咖啡里。)

He deleted the important file by mistake.(他误删了重要文件。)

She wore two different shoes by mistake this morning.(她今天早上不小心穿了两只不一样的鞋。)

They arrived at the wrong address by mistake.(他们误到了错误的地址。)

By mistake, I dialed the wrong number.(我不小心拨错了电话号码。)

The waiter brought us the wrong dish by mistake.(服务员误给我们上错了菜。)

He signed the wrong contract by mistake.(他误签了错误的合同。)

I gave the wrong answer by mistake during the exam.(考试时我不小心答错了题。)

She took someone else's umbrella by mistake after the meeting.(会后她误拿了别人的伞。)

By mistake, he left his keys at the office.(他不小心把钥匙落在了办公室。)

They used the wrong password by mistake to log in.(他们误使用了错误的密码登录。)

The printer printed the wrong document by mistake.(打印机误打印了错误的文件。)

I added too much sugar to the recipe by mistake.(我不小心在食谱里加了太多糖。)

She mailed the letter to the wrong recipient by mistake.(她误把信寄给了错误的收件人。)

By mistake, he turned left instead of right at the intersection.(他在十字路口不小心向左转了而不是向右转。)

They booked the wrong flight by mistake.(他们误订了错误的航班。)

The child ate the decorative beads by mistake, thinking they were candies.(孩子误把装饰珠子当成糖果吃了。)

I wrote the wrong date on the check by mistake.(我不小心在支票上写错了日期。)

She put the clothes in the wrong washing cycle by mistake.(她不小心把衣服设置错了洗涤程序。)

By mistake, he mixed up the two files and caused some confusion.(他不小心把两个文件弄混了,造成了一些混乱。)

补充学习角度

在不同时态和语态中的运用

不同时态:“by mistake” 可以用于各种时态,描述过去、现在或将来发生的错误行为。例如:

一般过去时:He made that error by mistake last week.(他上周不小心犯了那个错误。)

一般现在时:People sometimes click the wrong link by mistake.(人们有时会不小心点击错误的链接。)

一般将来时:Be careful not to send the wrong message by mistake tomorrow.(明天小心别误发错误的信息。)

被动语态:在被动语态句子中,“by mistake” 同样适用,说明动作的承受者是错误行为的受害者。例如:The innocent man was arrested by mistake.(这个无辜的人被误抓了。)

在口语和书面语中的使用差异

口语中:“by mistake” 使用非常自然、随意,常伴随着一些语气词或简短的解释。例如:Oh, I'm so sorry. I took your pen by mistake. I thought it was mine.(哦,非常抱歉。我误拿了你的笔,我以为是我的。)

书面语中:更加正式、规范,通常用于清晰陈述事实。例如:In the financial report, several figures were entered by mistake, which led to an inaccurate analysis.(在财务报告中,有几个数据被误录入,导致了分析不准确。)

相关习语或短语拓展

“make a mistake”:这是与 “by mistake” 紧密相关的短语,意思是“犯错误”,强调错误行为的发生。例如:Everyone makes mistakes.(每个人都会犯错误。)

“correct a mistake”:“纠正错误”,表示对已经出现的错误进行改正。例如:You should correct your mistake as soon as possible.(你应该尽快纠正你的错误。)

“learn from one's mistake”:“从错误中学习”,侧重于从错误经历中获取经验教训。例如:We should learn from our mistakes to avoid repeating them.(我们应该从错误中学习,避免再次犯错。)

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