1、例句
（1）用作名詞(n.)
His costly mistake resulted in severe loss.
他的嚴重的錯誤導致了重大的損失。
You've made several grammatical mistakes in the composition.
你的作文中犯了幾處語法錯誤。
Tom must have taken your dictionary by mistake.
湯姆一定是弄錯了才拿了你的字典。
（2）用作動詞(v.)
You mistook my meaning entirely.
你完全誤解了我的意思。
I used to mistake his reserve for haughtiness.
我過去常把他的沉默寡言誤以為高傲。
I mistook the number and went to the wrong room.
我記錯了號碼,走錯了房間。
2、常用短語：
in mistake for錯當成;
make no mistake (about)不犯錯誤（關于）
If I mistake not如果我沒弄錯的話;
mistake about〔in〕 (v.+prep.)弄錯，看錯
mistake for (v.+prep.)把…錯認為，錯把…當作
There be no mistaking...弄錯，誤解；認不出; 誤會; 看錯