mis·in·ter·pret
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/ |
- misinterpret something (as something/doing something) to understand something/somebody wrongly
synonym misconstrue, misread误解;误释 - 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.
她故意曲解了这个问题。
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,对异性的友好言论可能会被误解。 - She frequently felt that her work was being misinterpreted.
她经常觉得她的工作被误解了。 - The policemen seemed to be deliberately misinterpreting his answers.
警察似乎故意曲解他的回答。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- easily
- deliberately
- …
- be easy to
- as
- His comments were misinterpreted as a criticism of the project.