This flashcard defines "mislead" as giving someone a wrong idea or impression, causing them to believe something untrue. It provides examples of misleading someone by lying or by giving a false impression, and includes synonyms like "deceive."
[VERB 动词]误导;使误信;欺骗;将…引入歧途 If you say that someone has misled you, you mean that they have made you believe something which is not true, either by telling you a lie or by giving you a wrong idea or impression.
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Jack was furious with his London doctors for having misled him...
杰克对伦敦的医生欺骗自己的行为感到非常生气。
Ministers must not knowingly mislead Parliament and the public.
大臣们不应该故意地误导议会与公众。
Oxford
mis·lead/ˌmɪsˈliːd; NAmEˌmɪsˈliːd/verb(mis·led,mis·led/ˌmɪsˈled; NAmEˌmɪsˈled/)misleadsb (about sth) |misleadsb (into doing sth) to give sb the wrong idea or impression and make them believe sth that is not true 误导;引入歧途;使误信SYN
deceive
◆He deliberately misled us about the nature of their relationship.关于他们究竟是什么关系,他故意给我们留下错误印象。misleadmisleadsmisledmisleadingmis·lead/ˌmɪsˈliːd; NAmEˌmɪsˈliːd/mis·led/ˌmɪsˈled; NAmEˌmɪsˈled/
LDC
misleadmis‧lead /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle misled /-ˈled/) [transitive]
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to make someone believe something that is not true by giving them information that is false or not completemislead somebody about/over something Politicians have misled the public over the dangers of these chemicals. Don’t be misled by appearances, he’s a good worker.mislead somebody into believing/thinking etc something Don’t be misled into thinking that scientific research is easy.
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mislead
[ˌmɪsˈli:d]misled, misleading, misleads
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misleading[1028] misled[1208]
误导(82%),欺骗(11%),使误入歧途(5%),使产生错误印象(2%)
vt.误导;带错
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