Delay is preferable to error.
?? 名句詞匯解析
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n. 延遲，拖延;耽擱;被耽擱或推遲的時(shí)間;
vt. 延期，推遲;耽擱;
vi. 延緩，延期;
?? de(dis-=apart)+lay(bring)→延期；延緩；耽擱
"We apologize for the delay and regret any inconvenience it may have caused."
我們對(duì)此次延誤以及因此有可能造成的所有不便表示道歉。
近義：latency, hinder, keep, retard, detain, postpone
反義：hurry, hustle, press, quicken, accelerate, rush
adj. 更好的，更可取的;略勝一籌的;
?? prefer先拿來=更喜歡+able…的 → 更好的
"Anything was preferable to the tense atmosphere at home."
什么都比家里的緊張氣氛好。
近義：preferential, preferred, preferring, superior, best, better
反義：lousy, badder, baddest, punk, worst, awful
n. 錯(cuò)誤，過失;[法]誤審，違法;[數(shù)]誤差;
?? err漫游，犯錯(cuò)誤+or表名詞，物 → 錯(cuò)誤
"The Kenyan athlete made a tactical error in starting too fast."
肯尼亞運(yùn)動(dòng)員犯了戰(zhàn)術(shù)錯(cuò)誤,起步時(shí)跑得太快.
近義：inaccuracy, lapse, miscalculation, misinformation, mistake, mistaking
反義：arrival, success, triumph, victory, achievement