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外刊例句
- My worst blunders were in the boom years of 1998 to 2001, when we caught the internet bug too early, and between 2006 and 2008 when we invested too much in energy.
我犯过的最大错误就是在1998年至2001年的热潮中过早追捧互联网，还有在2006年至2008年期间过度投资能源业。
——《经济学人》 - Others confessed to being kept awake at night thinking about communication blunders such as a bungled conversation or a misphrased email to an adviser.
还有些人承认自己晚上睡不着觉，老是想着沟通中的失误，比如一次不愉快的谈话，或给导师发了一封措辞不当的邮件。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] a stupid or careless mistake
[名词] 愚蠢或粗心的错误
深入解读
上周小站刚讲了 plunder ，今天又来说说 blunder ，两者形似，只有首字母不同，阅读时要注意区分。
Blunder 源自古挪威语 blundra （闭上眼睛），本义作动词表示“跌跌撞撞、踉踉跄跄地走”，强调盲目、茫无目的或没有意识到自己要去哪里或者完成什么，如同闭眼走路那般。比如：
- He had blundered into the table, upsetting the flowers.
他不小心撞到了桌子，把花打翻了。
走路打翻花事小，如果做事也是如此糊涂，不用多想就会“把……搞得一团槽、犯愚蠢的错误”，甚至“误打误撞地陷入某种危险或困难的境地”，比如：
- blunder the country into war
误使国家陷入战争
所以当 blunder 作名词时，自然就是指“由于愚蠢、无知、粗心造成的大错”。另外， blunder 还有几个常见动词短语值得注意：
- blunder on
一再粗心或荒唐地做某事；一错再错 - blunder away
因愚蠢、管理不善轻率等而失去或浪费掉 - blunder upon
偶然碰上，无意中发现（该义也可以用 blunder on 表达）
名人用例
Youth is a blunder; manhood a struggle; old age a regret.
青年鲁莽犯错，中年奋斗不止，老年后悔无穷。
出自英国保守党政治家、作家本杰明·迪斯雷利（Benjamin Disraeli，1804年12月21日－1881年4月19日）。他曾任英国保守党领袖，并两度出任英国首相，在把托利党改造为保守党的现代化过程中扮演了中心角色。
常见短语
“blunder” 通常用来表示愚蠢的错误或失误。以下是与这个词相关的 50 个短语，附带中文解释：
- Serious blunder – 严重失误
- Costly blunder – 昂贵的错误
- Political blunder – 政治失误
- Major blunder – 重大失误
- Embarrassing blunder – 尴尬的错误
- Career-ending blunder – 事业毁于一旦的失误
- Strategic blunder – 战略性错误
- Repeated blunders – 反复出现的失误
- Avoidable blunder – 可以避免的错误
- blunder in judgment – 判断错误
- blunder in communication – 沟通失误
- Tactical blunder – 战术性失误
- blunder in decision-making – 决策失误
- blunder due to negligence – 因疏忽造成的错误
- blunder in execution – 执行失误
- Rookie blunder – 新手的失误
- blunder in calculation – 计算错误
- Public relations blunder – 公关失误
- blunder in policy-making – 政策制定失误
- blunder in coordination – 协调失误
- blunder in timing – 时间错误
- blunder of omission – 遗漏错误
- blunder in reporting – 报告错误
- blunder in implementation – 实施失误
- blunder in strategy – 战略性错误
- blunder in management – 管理失误
- blunder on a grand scale – 大规模的失误
- blunder due to miscommunication – 因误传造成的错误
- blunder in negotiation – 谈判失误
- blunder in analysis – 分析错误
- blunder in leadership – 领导层的失误
- blunder caused by misunderstanding – 因误解造成的错误
- blunder in planning – 计划失误
- blunder in presentation – 演示失误
- blunder in interpretation – 解释失误
- blunder in forecasting – 预测失误
- blunder due to lack of information – 因信息不足造成的错误
- blunder in project management – 项目管理失误
- blunder in advertisement – 广告失误
- blunder in policy implementation – 政策执行失误
- blunder in risk assessment – 风险评估失误
- blunder due to oversight – 因疏忽造成的错误
- blunder in data analysis – 数据分析失误
- blunder in decision-making process – 决策过程中的失误
- blunder in market analysis – 市场分析失误
- blunder due to misinterpretation – 因错误解释造成的错误
- blunder in customer service – 客户服务失误
- blunder in financial planning – 财务规划失误
- blunder in product development – 产品开发失误
- blunder in team collaboration – 团队协作失误
同近义词
- gaffe: a mistake that a person makes in public or in a social situation, especially sth embarrassing
- slip: a small mistake, usually made by being careless or not paying attention
- oversight: the fact of making a mistake because you forget to do sth or you do not notice sth
