She had somehow made a blunder. She was always blundering.

她总是说错话。

Nobody who made a blunder like that could go on to become a Permanent Secretary.

犯下那样大错的人怎么可能再当上常务次官。

" They realized that they made a blunder of international proportions, and they are looking for something big to remedy it."

“他们意识到⾃⼰犯了⼀个国际性的错误， 他们正在寻找⼤事来补救。”

" It was the only place I could think of your Majesty, " added the Soldier, fearing he had made a blunder.

“这是我唯一能想到陛下的地方， ” 士兵补充说，担心自己犯了一个错误。

His greatest weakness was a tendency to lose confidence after he'd made a blunder; if he let in one goal he became flustered and was therefore likely to miss more.

他最大的弱点是犯了错误就会失去信心，一个球没守住，他就会心烦意乱，结果丢球更多。

They don't want clever men; clever men have ideas, and ideas cause trouble; they want men who have charm and tact and who can be counted on never to make a blunder.

他们不要聪明人；聪明人有想法， 想法惹麻烦；他们想要有魅力和机智的人， 并且可以指望他们永远不会犯错误。

It was like making a blunder at a party; there was nothing to do about it, it was dreadfully mortifying, but it showed a lack of sense to ascribe too much importance to it.

这就像在聚会上犯了错误；对此无能为力， 这让人感到非常羞耻，但过分重视它表明它缺乏理智。