今日短语

A slip of the pen 笔误

今日短语 

搭配 “a slip of the pen” 的意思是 “笔误”，指 “（书写时的）拼写、语法或用词错误”。如果某人 “make a slip of the pen”，意思就是此人 “因疏忽而出笔误或写错字”。

例句

I made a slip of the pen and wrote that the car was worth £1,000 not £10,000!
我笔误写错了，这辆车值一万英镑，而不是一千英镑。

Due to a slip of the pen, I misspelt the name of the bride on the wedding invitations.
由于笔误，我在婚礼请柬上拼写错了新娘的名字。

One slip of the pen and you could lose valuable points in your exam paper.
在考试中出现笔误，你就可能丢掉宝贵的分数。