mislead

verb
🔊/ˌmɪsˈliːd/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈliːd/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mislead
🔊/ˌmɪsˈliːd/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈliːd/
he / she / it misleads
🔊/ˌmɪsˈliːdz/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈliːdz/
past simple misled
🔊/ˌmɪsˈled/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈled/
past participle misled
🔊/ˌmɪsˈled/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈled/
-ing form misleading
🔊/ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ/
🔊/ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ/
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  1. to give somebody the wrong idea or impression and make them believe something that is not true误导;引入歧途;使误信 synonym deceive
    • mislead (somebody) (about something) He deliberately misled us about the nature of their relationship.关于他们究竟是什么关系,他故意给我们留下错误印象。🔊🔊
    • Statistics taken on their own are liable to mislead.单纯看统计数据容易被误导。
    • Misleading the court in a trial is a serious offence.在审判中误导法院是严重罪行。
    • mislead somebody into doing something The company misled hundreds of people into investing their money unwisely.那家公司误导了数百人进行不明智的投资。
    Extra Examples
    • She was accused of deliberately misleading Parliament.她被指控蓄意误导议会。
    • The House has been totally misled about this affair.议会在这件事情上完全被误导了。
    • They were naive and easily misled.他们很幼稚,容易受骗。
    Topics Personal qualitiesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • seriously
    • completely
    • totally
    verb + mislead
    • attempt to
    • try to
    • be liable to
    preposition
    • about
    • into
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