misquotation
/mis-kwoh-tey-shuhn/US // ˌmɪs kwoʊˈteɪ ʃən //
误引,误引用,误报,误导性引用
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the act of misquoting.
- : an instance or occasion of misquoting or of being misquoted.
Examples
My correspondence about the misquotation of Tennyson has quieted itself since the fifth letter.
He made a misquotation and I said it wasnt in the Bible: I hunted for days and days.
We should be less likely to see the classic words of Lincoln mangled beyond recognition by messy misquotation.
It is a small matter, but not irrelevant, that this striking mistake is commonly supported by a striking misquotation.
It was, for one thing, Mary's habit of misquotation that got upon Ledgar's nerves.
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