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misconceive

/mis-kuhn-seev/US // ˌmɪs kənˈsiv //UK // (ˌmɪskənˈsiːv) //

误解,错觉,误解了,误导

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Definitions

  1. 1

    mis·con·ceived, mis·con·ceiv·ing.

    • : to conceive or interpret wrongly; misunderstand.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmisunderstand
Forms: misconceived

Examples

  • But this is to misconceive the position taken up by the Minority Commissioners, and to fail in appreciation of their proposals.

  • Nobody who has read the striking essay in which these words appear could a moment misconceive their author's meaning.

  • I am concerned that he should in any instance misconceive me.

  • For her purposes she preferred that he should entirely misconceive her.

  • For the folk about these parts are apt to misconceive of our sufferings, and to have no feeling for us.