misinterpret

verb
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprət/
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprət/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they misinterpret
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprət/
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprət/
he / she / it misinterprets
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprəts/
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprəts/
past simple misinterpreted
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprətɪd/
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprətɪd/
past participle misinterpreted
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprətɪd/
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprətɪd/
-ing form misinterpreting
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprətɪŋ/
🔊/ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprətɪŋ/
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  1. misinterpret something (as something/doing something) to understand something/somebody wrongly误解;误释 synonym misconstrue, misread
    • His comments were misinterpreted as a criticism of the project.他的评论被误解为对这个项目的批评。🔊🔊
    • She deliberately misinterpreted the question.她故意误解了这个问题。
    compare interpret
    Extra Examples
    • It would be easy to misinterpret results from such a small sample.从这样小的一份抽样出发容易得出错误的结论。
    • In some areas, a friendly remark to a person of the opposite sex may be misinterpreted.在某些地区,对异性的友善言论可能会被曲解。
    • She frequently felt that her work was being misinterpreted.她经常感到自己的作品被误解了。
    • The policemen seemed to be deliberately misinterpreting his answers.警察似乎是故意误解了他的回答。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • completely
    • easily
    • deliberately
    verb + misinterpret
    • be easy to
    preposition
    • as
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