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mistakable

/mi-stey-kuh-buhl/US // mɪˈsteɪ kə bəl //UK // (mɪˈsteɪkəbəl) //

错的,错误的,错综复杂的,错不了

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.

Examples

  • The principle of effective regulation of public-service carriers had been, indeed, vigorously affirmed in no mistakable terms.

  • Cocoa is often adulterated with fine brown earth, treated with fat to render it more easily mistakable for real cocoa.

  • Old sailors exhort their neophytes to throw nothing over the weather-side except ashes or hot water: a hint not mistakable.

  • But there she stood, mistakable for no other on this wide earth!

  • I am certain of this; he almost told me so himself, not in words, but the mistakable leer he gave her in reply.