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misconstruction

/mis-kuhn-struhk-shuhn/US // ˌmɪs kənˈstrʌk ʃən //UK // (ˌmɪskənˈstrʌkʃən) //

误解,误构,误导,误区

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : wrong construction; misinterpretation: to put a misconstruction upon an action.
    • : an act or instance of misconstruing.

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Examples

  • The young man should not see such mad misconstruction—Come, here we are at the Chateau.

  • To prevent the possibility of misconstruction, we quote the words attributed to the late Foreign Secretary.

  • Besides, the Poet had laid in a sort of caution against Misconstruction before.

  • It would be hard to find words "more intelligible, or less liable to misconstruction, than those which are to be explained."

  • The best of rules being liable to misconstruction, some Congressmen have acted as if this rule read, "Always have a policy shop."