Blunder

(noun.) an embarrassing mistake.

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• In 1808 he committed a very serious blunder. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Now, jump in, and let us see if I can repair the consequences of my own blunder. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• It is possible this latter blunder may have been made by Bragg having become confused as to what was going on on our side. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Except this trifling interruption, your little piece has gone off without a single accident or blunder; so be calm, man! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• You _are_ afraid--your self-love dreads a blunder. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Hideous, abhorrent, base blunder! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Your only blunder was confined to my ear, when you imagined a certain friend of ours in love with the lady. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He always admitted his blunders, and extenuated those of officers under him beyond what they were entitled to. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• For there are, I believe, blunders in our political thinking which confuse fictitious activity with genuine achievement, and make it difficult for men to know where they should enlist. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I was not endowed either with brains or with good fortune, and confess that I have committed a hundred mistakes and blunders. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• HE would get on well enough if she'd let him alone; they like his slang and his brag and his blunders. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• In common conversation he seems to have no choice of words; he hesitates and blunders; and yet, good God, how he writes! 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I would rather abide by my own blunders than by his. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• To make it an avowed ideal--a thing of will and intelligence--is to hasten its coming, to illumine its blunders, and, by giving it self-criticism, to convert mistakes into wisdom. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• She was vexed to see that, in spite of so many years of vigilance, she had blundered twice within five minutes. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• I am too stupid to learn, I blundered out, as red as a peony. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• If others have blundered, it is your place to put them right, and shew them what true delicacy is. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• If the world were going to remain frigidly set after next year, we might well thank our stars if we blundered into a few decent solutions right away. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Miss Crawford blundered most towards Fanny herself in her intentions to please. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Jo blundered into a wrong message in one of your Father's letters, and I made her tell me. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• They ought to have told me, and not let me go blundering and scolding, when I should have been more kind and patient than ever. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Both smooth heads were alike beaming, blundering, and bumpy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• And it is true that our knowledge of those needs and the technique of their satisfaction is hazy, unorganized and blundering. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The very breathing of the figure was contemptible, as it laboured and rattled in that operation, like a blundering clock. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The world was not so stupid and blundering after all: now and then a stroke of luck came to the unluckiest. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Who was the blundering idiot who said that fine words butter no parsnips? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Life was too stupid, too blundering! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.

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