mistake somebody/something for somebody/something

phrasal verbphr v RECOGNIZE#to wrongly think that one person or thing is someone or something else 把…错当成

A woman mistook him for a well-known actor, and asked him for his autograph.

有个女的错把他当成是某个著名演员，要他签名。

The doctor mistook the symptoms for blood poisoning.

医生把那些症状误诊为败血症。

Examples from the Corpus

mistake for • And having said it, knew the mistake.• She was a lively one and no mistake.• One night she heard an ambulance approach the hospital and mistook it for a fire engine.• Could she have missed it by mistaking it for one of the panelled wardrobes?• But we should not mistake this for some grand ideology of privatizing government.• Do not mistake stick pressures for stick movement.• Some lay eggs among the stones, so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves.• They have even taken up conversations for the other when some one mistook Kato for Wasswa or vice versa.

→ mistake somebody/something for somebody/something at mistake2(3)

单词	mistake somebody/something for somebody/something
释义	mistake somebody/something for somebody/something mistake somebody/something for somebody/something phrasal verbphr v RECOGNIZE#to wrongly think that one person or thing is someone or something else 把…错当成 A woman mistook him for a well-known actor, and asked him for his autograph. 有个女的错把他当成是某个著名演员，要他签名。 The doctor mistook the symptoms for blood poisoning. 医生把那些症状误诊为败血症。 Examples from the Corpus mistake for • And having said it, knew the mistake.• She was a lively one and no mistake.• One night she heard an ambulance approach the hospital and mistook it for a fire engine.• Could she have missed it by mistaking it for one of the panelled wardrobes?• But we should not mistake this for some grand ideology of privatizing government.• Do not mistake stick pressures for stick movement.• Some lay eggs among the stones, so camouflaged you would mistake them for the rocks themselves.• They have even taken up conversations for the other when some one mistook Kato for Wasswa or vice versa. → mistake somebody/something for somebody/something at mistake2(3)
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