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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
oversight
o‧ver‧sight /ˈəʊvəsaɪt $ ˈoʊvər-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] [Word Family: noun: ↑sight, ↑insight, ↑oversight, ↑sighting; adjective: ↑sighted, ↑unsightly, ↑sightless, ↑insightful; verb: ↑sight] 1. a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something: I assure you that this was purely an oversight on my part. 2. have oversight of something to be in charge of something: He has general oversight of all training courses. • • • THESAURUS ▪ mistake something incorrect that you accidentally do, say, or write: a spelling mistake | I made a mistake – it should say £230, not £320. ▪ error formal a mistake: an error in the report | grammatical errors | He had made a serious error on his tax form. ▪ misprint a small mistake in something that is printed: There was a misprint in the article, and instead of ‘pleasant’ it said ‘pheasant’. ▪ typo informal a mistake in something that has been typed or printed: I spotted a couple of typos in the letter. ▪ inaccuracy formal a piece of information that is not completely correct: The report contained several inaccuracies. ▪ mix-up a careless mistake in which one name, time, address etc has been confused with another, so that the details of something are wrong: There was a mix-up over the train times and I missed my train. ▪ slip-up a careless mistake when you are doing something: The other team took advantage of the goalie’s slip-up. ▪ oversight a mistake in which you forget something or do not notice something: Through some oversight, the brochures were not ready by the right date. ▪ a slip of the tongue a mistake in which you accidentally say a similar sounding word: When I said Thursday, I meant Tuesday. It was a slip of the tongue. ▪ faux pas /ˌfəʊ ˈpɑː, ˈfəʊ pɑː $ ˌfoʊ ˈpɑː/ formal an embarrassing mistake in a social situation, when you do or say something that you shouldn’t: Harris, trying to be funny, addressed the waiter as ‘boy’. A deathly silence followed this faux pas.
oversighthu◎ | ['ouvəsaid] | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | quên, sót; trường hợp sơ suất, bỏ quên | | ■ | sự bỏ đi | | ■ | sự giám sát, sự giám thị |
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