by mistake

基本解釋

In the 4th minute unfortunately a mistake by Storari re-opened the match.
第4分鐘，卡拉奇的失誤讓比賽再次充滿懸念。
It's just that I possess a gift offered by many mistake-filled years: At my age, I have a pretty good idea what and whom to trust.
只是我擁有了由許多個充滿錯誤的歲月帶給我的一份禮物：在我這個年紀，我很明白信任什么和信任誰。
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Then she asked all the children had any of them eaten it--by mistake, of course--but the children all said no and looked as if they did not like to eat cakes if they were to be accused of stealing.
最后她把所有的孩子都問了一遍，是不是有誰吃了--當然是拿錯了--可是孩子們都說沒有吃，而且臉上的神情仿佛是在說：要是冤枉他們偷嘴，他們就不喜歡吃蛋糕了。

Maybe I made a big mistake by likening it to an organic chemistry course-- I don't mean to turn you off.
也許將其比作有機化學課,是個錯誤,我不是故意想倒你們胃口的
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節(jié)選
I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.
我會背，比如說，聯(lián)邦條例,我會抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里顫抖，然后開始背，直到犯錯，于是，我就會被批評嚴懲，自尊完全被這個怪物踐踏了,他對其他人也會如此加注痛苦。
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My elbow hit the add-your-entire-Documents-folder-to-your-Pictures-file button by mistake?
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