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词汇 erroneous
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Definition of erroneous in English:

erroneous

adjective ɪˈrəʊnɪəsɛˈrəʊnɪəsəˈroʊniəs
  • Wrong; incorrect.

    错误的,不正确的

    employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions

    雇主有时会作出错误的设想。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I may have created the erroneous impression that I have done nothing but shop since being here.
    • Incorrect, difficult or erroneous readings must have been created over time by scribal error.
    • To interpret such sayings without understanding the Arabic and its eloquence and its context is an erroneous path.
    • There is an erroneous perception that high-profile players make good managers.
    • This policy is but one of the Liberal reforms based on erroneous assumptions about poverty.
    • It is risky and erroneous to assume that terrorists will be deterred by criminal prosecution alone.
    • As a matter of fact, yesterday there was an erroneous report that he had been arrested.
    • I hope that Mark's play is helping to change this erroneous perception.
    • In addition, the chosen information was often misleading or erroneous.
    • Second, she makes the erroneous assumption that filesharing is similar to home taping.
    • Our standards of accuracy are so low that often erroneous forecasts are applauded as if they were precise.
    • The test remains rooted in an erroneous approach which starts from the wrong standpoint.
    • Even if the award was somewhat low it could not in any way be said to be wholly erroneous or wrong in principle, he submits.
    • I read line after line of erroneous reporting, with the sole intention of discrediting a political candidate.
    • There is nothing stated which is erroneous or wrong and there is no allegation that there is.
    • At best it is naive, but at worst it is misleading and at times erroneous.
    • But it would be erroneous not to concede that the grouping has lost much of its zest over the past decade or so.
    • Of course it's always easy to look at others critically, make assumptions and proceed to erroneous conclusions.
    • Acting under this erroneous assumption, he passed on this alleged order to his company.
    • We say that that contention is in fact erroneous because it asks the wrong question.
    Synonyms
    wrong, incorrect, mistaken, in error, inaccurate, not accurate, inexact, not exact, imprecise, invalid, untrue, false, fallacious, wide of the mark, off target
    misleading, illogical, unsound, specious, unfounded, without foundation, faulty, flawed, spurious
    informal off beam, bogus, phoney, out, way out, full of holes, dicey, iffy
    British informal dodgy
    archaic abroad

Derivatives

  • erroneousness

  • noun ɪˈrəʊnɪəsnəsɛˈrəʊnɪəsnəs
    • Or do you reject the new data entirely, because the fact that it contradicts the previous timeline is prima facie evidence of its erroneousness?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Combat practice has on many occasions shown the erroneousness of views downplaying the role of the defense.
      • And please don't bother to ‘enlighten’ me of the erroneousness of it all, because I am VERY much aware of it.
      • He believed that prosperity could only be guaranteed if the country retained the imperial connection, and maintained that the Union had failed it because of its misapplication and not because of its inherent erroneousness.
      • The latest war has conclusively shown the erroneousness of this view.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin erroneus (from erro(n-) 'vagabond', from errare 'to stray, err') + -ous.

Rhymes

acrimonious, antimonious, ceremonious, euphonious, felonious, harmonious, parsimonious, Petronius, sanctimonious, Suetonius

Definition of erroneous in US English:

erroneous

adjectiveəˈroʊniəsəˈrōnēəs
  • Wrong; incorrect.

    错误的,不正确的

    employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions

    雇主有时会作出错误的设想。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Acting under this erroneous assumption, he passed on this alleged order to his company.
    • Our standards of accuracy are so low that often erroneous forecasts are applauded as if they were precise.
    • Incorrect, difficult or erroneous readings must have been created over time by scribal error.
    • Of course it's always easy to look at others critically, make assumptions and proceed to erroneous conclusions.
    • Second, she makes the erroneous assumption that filesharing is similar to home taping.
    • As a matter of fact, yesterday there was an erroneous report that he had been arrested.
    • In addition, the chosen information was often misleading or erroneous.
    • There is nothing stated which is erroneous or wrong and there is no allegation that there is.
    • The test remains rooted in an erroneous approach which starts from the wrong standpoint.
    • I read line after line of erroneous reporting, with the sole intention of discrediting a political candidate.
    • I may have created the erroneous impression that I have done nothing but shop since being here.
    • It is risky and erroneous to assume that terrorists will be deterred by criminal prosecution alone.
    • I hope that Mark's play is helping to change this erroneous perception.
    • This policy is but one of the Liberal reforms based on erroneous assumptions about poverty.
    • We say that that contention is in fact erroneous because it asks the wrong question.
    • Even if the award was somewhat low it could not in any way be said to be wholly erroneous or wrong in principle, he submits.
    • At best it is naive, but at worst it is misleading and at times erroneous.
    • To interpret such sayings without understanding the Arabic and its eloquence and its context is an erroneous path.
    • But it would be erroneous not to concede that the grouping has lost much of its zest over the past decade or so.
    • There is an erroneous perception that high-profile players make good managers.
    Synonyms
    wrong, incorrect, mistaken, in error, inaccurate, not accurate, inexact, not exact, imprecise, invalid, untrue, false, fallacious, wide of the mark, off target

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin erroneus (from erro(n-) ‘vagabond’, from errare ‘to stray, err’) + -ous.

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