英语单词 | misrepresent |
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英美音标 | 英 [ˌmɪsˌreprɪ'zent] 美 [ˌmɪsˌreprɪ'zent] |
中文释义 | v.误称;歪曲;不合适地代表 |
英语例句 | (1) If you misrepresent what's in the plan, we will call you out. (2) Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity. (3) Astrologers do not misrepresent their sources of information, and make every effort to verify their accuracy. |
中文例句 | (1) 如果有人再恶意解读健保改革计划,我们会直接批评你。 (2) 意欲歪曲一个行动真实性质的东西。 (3) 占星家不歪曲他们的信息来源,并尽一切努力,以核实其准确性。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you deliberately mislead someone — for example, by lying about your work experience at a job interview — you misrepresent yourself, or paint a false picture of who you are. |
vocabulary扩展 | The verb misrepresent can be a relatively gentle way to say "lie," or it can mean more of a bending of the truth. You might misrepresent the reliability of an old car you're trying to sell or accidentally misrepresent an author's intentions in a school book report. The word itself is built from the Old English prefix mis-, which means "bad or wrong," and represent, or "depict, describe, or symbolize." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]误述;对…作不准确的叙述;歪曲 If someone misrepresents a person or situation, they give a wrong or inaccurate account of what the person or situation is like. [V n [V n [V n]
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