;误解;误会 If you misunderstand someone or something, you do not understand them properly.
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They have simply misunderstood what rock and roll is...
他们根本没有理解什么是摇滚乐。
Maybe I misunderstood you.
也许我误会你了。
I'm not saying what he did was good, don't misunderstand me.
别误会,我并不是说他所做的是好事。
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mis·un·der·stand/ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd; NAmEˌmɪsʌndərˈstænd/verb(mis·un·der·stood,mis·un·der·stood/ˌmɪsʌndəˈstʊd; NAmEˌmɪsʌndərˈstʊd/)[transitive , intransitive ]misunderstand(sb/sth) |misunderstandwhat, how, etc… to fail to understand sb/sth correctly 误解;误会◆I completely misunderstood her intentions.我完全误会了她的意图。◆Don't misunderstand me—I am grateful for all you've done.别误解我的意思,我对你所做的一切都很感激。◆I thought he was her husband—I must have misunderstood.我以为他是她丈夫,我一定是误会了。misunderstandmisunderstandsmisunderstoodmisunderstandingmis·un·der·stand/ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd; NAmEˌmɪsʌndərˈstænd/mis·un·der·stood/ˌmɪsʌndəˈstʊd; NAmEˌmɪsʌndərˈstʊd/
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misunderstandmis‧un‧der‧stand /ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd $ -ər-/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle misunderstood) [intransitive, transitive]
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to fail to understand someone or something correctly: Rachel, you must have misunderstood her! Ellie would never say something like that. Don’t misunderstand me. She’s a very nice person when you get to know her.THESAURUSmisunderstand to think that someone means one thing, when in fact they mean something else: · I think you’ve misunderstood what I’m saying.· Some companies appear to have misunderstood the new rules.· Don’t misunderstand me - I have nothing against these people.get somebody/something wrong especially spoken to misunderstand someone or something – used especially in everyday spoken English: · Looks like you’ve got it all wrong.· You’ve got me all wrong - that’s not what I meant.· Tell me if I’ve got it wrong.mistake to misunderstand someone’s intentions, and react in the wrong way: · He was a very private man, and some people mistook this for unfriendliness.· I thought she wanted us to leave her alone, but I may been mistaken.misread/misjudge to wrongly believe that someone’s actions show that they have a particular opinion or feeling, or that a situation means that you should behave in particular way: · The party completely misread the mood of the voters at the last election.· Eddie wondered if he should be scared, too. Maybe he had misjudged the situation.misinterpret to not understand the true meaning of someone’s actions or words, so that you believe something that is not in fact true: · A lot of people misinterpreted what I was saying, and have called me a racist.· Struggling with an unfamiliar language, the simplest conversations were misinterpreted.misconstrue formal to misunderstand something that someone has said or done: · She claimed that members of the press had misconstrued her comments.miss the point to not understand the main part or meaning of what someone is saying or what something is intended to do: · I think you’re missing the whole point of the film.· If he thinks it’s all about how much profit he can make, then he’s missing the point.get the wrong end of the stick British English informal to make a mistake about one part of something that you are told, so that you understand the rest of it in completely the wrong way: · Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was leaving him, not the other way round.
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