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misunderstand

/mis-uhn-der-stand/US // ˌmɪs ʌn dərˈstænd //UK // (ˌmɪsʌndəˈstænd) //

误解,误解了,弄错了,错解

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mis·un·der·stood, mis·un·der·stand·ing.

    • : to take in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
    • : to fail to understand or interpret rightly the words or behavior of.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbget the wrong idea
Forms: misunderstanding, misunderstood

Examples

  • Judges have routinely ruled that people who signed affidavits to that effect either misunderstood the process or were wrong.

  • I don’t deny the existence of the arrow, but I do suggest that the “box mentality” has led us to misunderstand what is happening in the universe and even blinded us to the beauty that it is creating.

  • It’s common for even native English speakers to misunderstand or mischaracterize something on their application, said Anne Paxton, an attorney at the Unemployment Law Project, a legal aid organization based in Washington state.

  • There’s also an interesting thread in the book about being misunderstood while trying to figure yourself out at the same time.

  • If it set back anyone it was probably a generation of psychology students who may have misunderstood this.

  • And he says that those who accuse Napoleon of killing off democracy misunderstand politics in 19th century Europe.

  • Contraception is not abortion, and those who misunderstand this subject do harm to the pro-life cause.

  • It is a wakeup call for how poorly misunderstand our movement is.

  • To say that Nipple appears to misunderstand women and their sexual desires is an understatement.

  • The House Republicans, and, unfortunately, many of my brothers and sisters in the media, misunderstand what is going on here.

  • But you are English, or you are American; and men of those countries never misunderstand a woman, even if she is in trouble.

  • You only misunderstand each other, and with a little good will on both sides you can easily get out of your tangle.'

  • You misunderstand me, my friend; I want to know whether he attacked him with any evil intent?

  • The active temperament is almost bound to misunderstand the imaginative or artistic spirit and its difficulties.

  • Do not misunderstand me, however, and imagine that I wish to exalt Chopin at the expense of another great musician.