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misprize

/mis-prahyz/US // mɪsˈpraɪz //UK // (mɪsˈpraɪz) //

误报,误伤,误导,误区

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mis·prized, mis·priz·ing.

    • : to despise; undervalue; slight; scorn.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as indespise
as indetract

Examples

  • Yet she would not speak her thought, lest he should misprize her.

  • He could not conceive how a girl possessed of ordinary faculties could possibly misprize her father's gifts.

  • People are too apt to misprize this sort of politeness of mere habit; yet, as far as it goes, it is an excellent thing.

  • Yet I would not misprize the cats of Seville, which apparently have their money price.

  • But of course she wasn't; youth will ever misprize till it must mourn its blessings.