err
v
(fml 文)
1 [I]
(a) make mistakes; be wrong 犯錯誤; 出錯.
(b) do wrong; sin 做錯事; 犯罪.
2 (idm 習語) err on the side of sth show too much of a (usu good) quality 過分表現某品質(通常指好的)
It's better to err on the side of tolerance (ie be too tolerant rather than too severe) when dealing with young offenders. 對待失足的青少年寧可失之過寬(寧過寬而勿過嚴). to ,err is `human (to for,give di`vine) (saying 諺) it is human nature to sin and make mistakes (and therefore one should be as forgiving as possible) 人孰無過(寬恕為上).