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单词 misgovern
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Definition of misgovern in English:

misgovern

verb mɪsˈɡʌv(ə)nˌmɪsˈɡəvərn
[with object]
  • Govern (a state or country) unfairly or inefficiently.

    对(国家)治理不当(或管理不善)

    every nation has the right to govern, or misgovern, itself
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He warned that global stability was threatened by ‘distant and misgoverned parts of the world’ and ‘failed states’, countries like Britain had a duty to create ‘order out of chaos’.
    • When he later accused Washington's hawks of misgoverning Iraq, they raided his house and threatened him with arrest.
    • Unfortunately, the Alliance members, most of whom belong to Uzbek and Tajik ethnic minorities, had misgoverned the country in the early 1990s.
    • It's difficult to get reliable information about the political and social situation in a lot of developing countries because the ruling classes which still misgovern too many of them prefer it that way.
    • As President Mwanawasa said it is sad that Africa had for a long time attracted corrupt leaders who misgoverned their nations and perpetuated conflicts so that they could benefit.
    • Our country is misgoverned largely because of the media.
    • Orsini was born in Meldola, in 1819, in a fragmented Italy misgoverned by Austria and various local tyrants.
    • But it's not just the fault of the men who misgovern you.
    • The stories are set in the 1190s, with King Richard away on crusade and his shifty brother John misgoverning the country.
    • He came to see the Soviets as ‘sincere enthusiasts trying to regenerate a people who had been shockingly misgoverned.’
    • Start with the amazed discovery of the White House, the Defense Department and the permanently embedded US press corps that nations don't care to be invaded, even if they have been misgoverned by a tyrant for decades.
    • If we can keep our unity, we can turf out of their seats those who have misgoverned the country.
    Synonyms
    make a mess of, bungle, botch, fluff, fumble, butcher, mess up

Derivatives

  • misgovernment

  • noun mɪsˈɡʌv(ə)nm(ə)ntˌmɪsˈɡəvər(n)mənt
    • Many nationalists disapproved of migration, arguing that it was the wicked and inevitable product of British misgovernment.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Enthusiasm at the possibility of transcending ethnic politics turned to dismay as misgovernment, corruption, and human rights violations occurred.
      • ‘An informed public is the most potent of all restraints upon misgovernment,’ he wrote.
      • Over the years, it has been thoroughly embroiled in scandal, controversy, corruption, and misgovernment.
      • Often they were little more than glorified police operations against small and ill-armed settler groups who may have intended protest at misgovernment, rather than revolution.

Rhymes

coven, govern, oven, sloven

Definition of misgovern in US English:

misgovern

verbˌmisˈɡəvərnˌmɪsˈɡəvərn
[with object]
  • Govern (a state or country) unfairly or inefficiently.

    对(国家)治理不当(或管理不善)

    every nation has the right to govern, or misgovern, itself
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our country is misgoverned largely because of the media.
    • Unfortunately, the Alliance members, most of whom belong to Uzbek and Tajik ethnic minorities, had misgoverned the country in the early 1990s.
    • As President Mwanawasa said it is sad that Africa had for a long time attracted corrupt leaders who misgoverned their nations and perpetuated conflicts so that they could benefit.
    • It's difficult to get reliable information about the political and social situation in a lot of developing countries because the ruling classes which still misgovern too many of them prefer it that way.
    • Start with the amazed discovery of the White House, the Defense Department and the permanently embedded US press corps that nations don't care to be invaded, even if they have been misgoverned by a tyrant for decades.
    • He came to see the Soviets as ‘sincere enthusiasts trying to regenerate a people who had been shockingly misgoverned.’
    • If we can keep our unity, we can turf out of their seats those who have misgoverned the country.
    • But it's not just the fault of the men who misgovern you.
    • When he later accused Washington's hawks of misgoverning Iraq, they raided his house and threatened him with arrest.
    • He warned that global stability was threatened by ‘distant and misgoverned parts of the world’ and ‘failed states’, countries like Britain had a duty to create ‘order out of chaos’.
    • Orsini was born in Meldola, in 1819, in a fragmented Italy misgoverned by Austria and various local tyrants.
    • The stories are set in the 1190s, with King Richard away on crusade and his shifty brother John misgoverning the country.
    Synonyms
    make a mess of, bungle, botch, fluff, fumble, butcher, mess up
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