err
v
(fml 文)
1 [I]
(a) make mistakes; be wrong 犯错误; 出错.
(b) do wrong; sin 做错事; 犯罪.
2 (idm 习语) err on the side of sth show too much of a (usu good) quality 过分表现某品质(通常指好的)
It's better to err on the side of tolerance (ie be too tolerant rather than too severe) when dealing with young offenders. 对待失足的青少年宁可失之过宽(宁过宽而勿过严). to ,err is `human (to for,give di`vine) (saying 谚) it is human nature to sin and make mistakes (and therefore one should be as forgiving as possible) 人孰无过(宽恕为上).
That's OK. But you mustn't smoke while you're walking around in the bush either. You could start a bush fire.
没关系。但是在丛林里走动时你也千万不要抽烟,会引起火灾的。
Kunta wondered why the white people had done this to him.
孔塔不知道白人为什么要这样对待他。
It soon became clear that the straight part of the dance changed when the sun's position changed. If the feeding place was toward the sun, the dancer headed straight upward during the straight part of the wagging dance.