1.It would be a colossal mistake if misguided assumptions, rhetoric and actions led to a dangerous and conflicted relationship.
如果陷入误区，有关的假设、言辞与行动就会导致两国关系走到危险和发生冲突的地步，必然铸成大错。
2.Despite this winnowing process, accelerated by the recession, it is a colossal mistake to predict the newspaper industry's imminent death.
经历了这样的过程后，加快了经济的衰退，对于即将灭亡的报刊业来讲，这是一个巨大的失误。
3.Was their failure to do so a colossal mistake, or would the financial crisis have deteriorated anyway?
他们未能做到这点是否是个极大的错误，抑或无论雷曼获救与否，金融危机都会恶化？
4.In 1936-37, the Federal Reserve made a colossal mistake in its "exit strategy" .
1936年至1937年，美联储（Fed）曾在“退出战略”方面犯下严重错误。