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make a blunder
最常用的搭配，表示犯大错。
He made a serious blunder during the negotiation.
他在谈判中犯了一个严重的错误。
愚蠢的错误；失误
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愚蠢的错误；失误
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
He made a serious blunder during the negotiation.
他在谈判中犯了一个严重的错误。
笨拙或令人尴尬的错误。
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
尴尬的错误
an embarrassing mistake
通常由于战术疏忽导致的严重失误
A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
His failure to read the contract carefully was a serious blunder.
他没有仔细阅读合同是个严重的大错。
The company's marketing blunder cost them millions of dollars.
公司的营销失误让他们损失了数百万美元。
She admitted that her comment was a blunder and apologized immediately.
她承认自己的评论是个大失策，并立即道歉。
最常用的搭配，表示犯大错。
He made a serious blunder during the negotiation.
他在谈判中犯了一个严重的错误。
用于形容错误的严重性。
The report contained a serious blunder in the calculations.
报告中有一个计算上的严重错误。
较正式用法，常指因疏忽而犯的错。
The diplomat committed a blunder by mentioning the confidential agreement.
这位外交官因提及机密协议而犯了一个大错。
后接名词，说明错误的具体方面。
This was a blunder of judgment on his part.
这是他判断上的一大失误。
Not this
He blundered a serious mistake in the meeting.
Use this
He made a serious blunder in the meeting.
将 blunder 当作及物动词使用并后接 a mistake 造成语义重复，因为 blunder 作动词时本身已表示‘犯大错’。应改为 make a blunder 的名词结构。
Not this
He made blunder in his speech.
Use this
He made a blunder in his speech.
blunder 为可数名词，在单数形式前需要冠词 a，否则语法不完整。
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犯下大错
The government committed a blunder when it introduced the new tax.
政府引进新税时犯下大错。
代价惨重的失误
The company's costly blunder led to a sharp drop in sales.
公司代价惨重的失误导致销售额急剧下降。
战术失误；（棋类）漏着
His tactical blunder in the endgame cost him the chess match.
他在残局中的战术失误让他输掉了那盘棋。
外交失误
The ambassador's diplomatic blunder offended the host country.
大使的外交失误冒犯了东道国。
一连串的错误
A series of blunders caused the project to fail.
一连串的错误导致了项目失败。
无意中陷入；误入
If you don't read the contract, you may blunder into a bad deal.
如果你不看合同，可能会糊里糊涂地陷入一桩糟糕的交易。
一错再错；糊里糊涂地继续
It's foolish to blunder on when you know you're wrong.
如果你知道自己错了还稀里糊涂地继续下去，那就太蠢了。
笨手笨脚地应付；勉强做完
He tends to blunder through the hardest part of the project.
他往往对项目中最难的部分胡乱应付。
成功掩盖了许多错误。
George Bernard Shaw wrote this line in his 1893 play Mrs Warren's Profession, meaning people often forgive mistakes when the final result is successful.
乔治·伯纳德·肖在1893年的剧作《华伦夫人的职业》中写下这句话，意思是当最终结果成功时，人们往往会原谅其中的错误。
在恰当的时候犯一个错误，好过在不恰当的时候耍聪明。
American writer Carolyn Wells is credited with this humorous saying, emphasizing that timing matters more than brilliance.
美国作家卡罗琳·韦尔斯被认为是这句幽默谚语的作者，它强调时机比才智更重要。
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记作 blind+under：瞎着眼走到下面，弄出尴尬的错误。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常交谈、新闻报道、棋类讨论 该词通常为中性，多用于新闻报道、书面叙述等正式或半正式场合，也可用于日常交流；在棋类语境中特指明显的低级失误。
Words that rhyme with blunder: thunder, wonder, plunder, under — all end with /ʌndɚ/. Be careful: 'blander' /ˈblændɚ/, 'blender' /ˈblɛndɚ/, and 'founder' /ˈfaʊndɚ/ look similar but do not rhyme.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.