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misperception

/mis-per-seev/US // ˌmɪs pərˈsiv //

误解,错觉,错误认识,误区

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mis·per·ceived, mis·per·ceiv·ing.

    • : to understand or perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.

Examples

  • Bidegain insists the media have perpetuated a misperception that the Border Patrol operates under its own set of rules.

  • This misperception makes books like yours seem more shocking than the tale may have actually been.

  • I had a misperception that he did not recognize national defense as a paramount function of government.

  • Paul suggested that black America is the victim of a massive misperception.

  • For much of her life Carmen Weinstein fought the pernicious misperception that there were no Jews left in Egypt.