blunder, error, fault, mistake这一组词都有“错误”之意，十分容易在日常学习中搞混。那么我们该如何区分呢？下面由杭州中译翻译公司为您带来易混淆英语词汇辨析。

　　1. Blunder

　　A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.

 　　(因为无知、疏忽犯下的)大错，愚蠢的错误。

　　例句：

　　I think he made a tactical blunder by announcing it so far ahead of time. 

　　我认为他在时机远未成熟时就把这事说了出去是一种失策。

　　I saw that I had been guilty of a careless blunder.

　　我意识到自己因疏忽而酿成大错。

　　2. Error

　　An error is something you have done which is considered to be incorrect or wrong, or which should not have been done.

　　指判断、计算或行为上的错误，也指智力或道义上的错误。

　　例句：

　　NASA discovered a mathematical error in its calculations... 

　　美国国家航空航天局在它的计算结果中发现了一个数学错误。

　　MPs attacked lax management and errors of judgment. 

　　议员们抨击管理的松散和判断的失误。

　　The accident was caused by human error.

　　这一事故是人为错误造成的。

　　3. Fault

　　这个词有三种“错误”的意思，且层次不一样：

　　1）If a bad or undesirable situation is your fault, you caused it or are responsible for it.

　　责任；过失；过错

　　例句：

　　There was no escaping the fact: it was all his fault... 

　　这全是他的错，这是无法回避的事实。

　　2）A fault is a mistake in what someone is doing or in what they have done.

　　错误； 失误

　　例句：

　　It is a big fault to think that you can learn how to manage people in business school. 

　　以为在商学院能学会如何管理人是一大错误。

　　3）A fault in someone or something is a weakness in them or something that is not perfect.

　　缺点；毛病，多指道德行为的缺点或功能方面的缺陷。

　　例句：

　　His manners had always made her blind to his faults. 

　　他的彬彬有礼总是使她对他的缺点视而不见。

　　...a short delay due to a minor technical fault... 

　　一个技术上的小故障引起的短暂延误

　　4. Mistake

　　If you make a mistake, you do something which you did not intend to do, or which produces a result that you do not want.

　　误会，误解；(粗心、遗忘所导致的)错误。

　　例句：

　　I think it's a serious mistake to confuse books with life.

　　我认为把书本同生活混为一谈是大错特错。

　　One should not plead inexperience in excuse of his mistake.

　　一个人不应该借口缺乏经验来为其错误辩解。