单词 | misconvey |
释义 | misconveyv. a. transitive (reflexive). To convey a wrong impression of one's meaning. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misinterpret [verb (transitive)] > express wrongly misexpressc1718 misconvey1839 1839 S. Wilberforce Let. in E. S. Purcell Life Card. Manning (1895) I. xiii. 275 I hope he has misconveyed himself to H. E. Manning. 1864 Saunders's News-let. 17 Dec. Lest I should have misconveyed myself to the jury. b. transitive. To convey a wrong impression of. ΚΠ 1960 A. Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. ix. 225 The spokesman of the PEN..managed to misconvey his ideas. 1987 Polit. Sci. Q. 102 26 A range of instances in which the message misinterprets or misconveys the reality. 1997 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 27 May 3 n Reporters, whom he felt had misconveyed the message of his talks with Chinese leaders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1839 |
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