misrepresent

英 [ˌmɪsˌreprɪˈzent]

美 [ˌmɪsˌreprɪˈzent]

v.  误传; 不实报道; 歪曲

过去分词：misrepresented　现在分词：misrepresenting　过去式：misrepresented　复数：misrepresents　第三人称单数：misrepresents　

IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18914 / COCA.16251

牛津词典

verb

• 误传；不实报道；歪曲
  to give information about sb/sth that is not true or complete so that other people have the wrong impression about them/it
  1. He felt that the book misrepresented his opinions.
     他觉得这本书歪曲了他的观点。
  2. In the article she was misrepresented as an uncaring mother.
     这篇文章把她歪曲成一名缺少爱心的母亲。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 误述;对…作不准确的叙述;歪曲
  If someonemisrepresentsa person or situation, they give a wrong or inaccurate account of what the person or situation is like.
  1. He said that the press had misrepresented him as arrogant and bullying...
     他说新闻媒体把他歪曲成了一个傲慢而又霸道的人。
  2. Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers...
     好莱坞电影把我们歪曲成酒鬼、疯子和杀人凶手。
  3. Keynes deliberately misrepresented the views of his opponents...
     凯恩斯故意歪曲了反对者的观点。
  4. The spokesman said that the extent of the current strike is being misrepresented.
     发言人说目前罢工的程度正被人误传。

英英释义

verb

• represent falsely
  1. This statement misrepresents my intentions
  Synonym:belie
• tamper, with the purpose of deception
  1. Fudge the figures
  2. cook the books
  3. falsify the data
  Synonym:fudgemanipulatefakefalsifycookwangle

双语例句

• Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers
  好莱坞电影把我们歪曲成酒鬼、疯子和杀人凶手。
• Keynes deliberately misrepresented the views of his opponents
  凯恩斯故意歪曲了反对者的观点。
• MIP images have a tendency to misrepresent anatomic spatial relationships because the projected data do not take spatial location into account.
  由于投影的信息没有将空间位置考虑在内，MIP图像有错误体现解剖空间关系的倾向。
• So if there are good reasons why an honest woman might be tempted to misrepresent herself, wouldn't it make sense that an honest man might be tempted to do the same thing?
  所以，如果说一位诚实的女性忍不住诱惑，误说了自己是有充分的理由的，那么一位诚实的男士同样这么做不也就合情合理吗？
• The spokesman said that the extent of the current strike is being misrepresented.
  发言人说目前罢工的程度正被人误传。
• Make certain that headlines, news teases and promotional material, photos, video, audio, graphics, sound bites and quotations do not misrepresent.
  在编辑标题、新闻讽刺和推广材料、照片、视频、音频、图表时，在截取和引用广播同期声时，要确认它们未被曲解。
• The nature of the Internet allows people to freely misrepresent themselves and pretend to be someone or something they're not.
  网际网路的本质让人得以任意捏造自己的故事，冒充他人或冒用别种身分。
• Country-relative indices also tend to misrepresent company size.
  国家相关指数往往还会搞错公司的规模。
• If the translator is not able to do this, he will misrepresent the original.
  如果译者搞不清这些关系，就会严重歪曲原著的思想内容。
• He said that the press had misrepresented him as arrogant and bullying
  他说新闻媒体把他歪曲成了一个傲慢而又霸道的人。