单词	miscalculate
释义	miscalculatemis‧cal‧cu‧late /mɪsˈkælkjəleɪt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE miscalculate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they miscalculate he, she, it miscalculates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they miscalculated Present perfect I, you, we, they have miscalculated he, she, it has miscalculated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had miscalculated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will miscalculate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have miscalculated Continuous Form Present I am miscalculating he, she, it is miscalculating you, we, they are miscalculating Past I, he, she, it was miscalculating you, we, they were miscalculating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been miscalculating he, she, it has been miscalculating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been miscalculating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be miscalculating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been miscalculating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I think we miscalculated how people would react to the scene. It is estimated that the IRS miscalculates interest charges 25% of the time. Sorry we're late -- we miscalculated how long it would take to get here. The city miscalculated the cost of earthquake repairs for the Bay Bridge. We have too many chairs. I must have miscalculated. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But they miscalculated by targeting popular entitlement programs. He miscalculated again in thinking that the majority of officers would support his cause. Many tournament organisers miscalculate entry levels with the result that adjacent areas are crowded together and the competitors' safety is imperilled. Ohka 33 would have had the endurance to permit a second or third attempt should the first death-dive have been miscalculated. The answer from Realists is that the leaders had either misperceived the situation or miscalculated what to do in it. Unfortunately, the difficulty of mustering the parade had been badly miscalculated and it was behind schedule. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto calculate or count something wrongly► miscalculate · We have too many chairs. I must have miscalculated.· The city miscalculated the cost of earthquake repairs for the Bay Bridge.miscalculate how much/how many/how long etc · Sorry we're late -- we miscalculated how long it would take to get here. ► miscount to count something wrongly: · I thought everyone was here, but I must have miscounted.miscount something: · Census Bureau officials announced that they miscounted the nation's official population by 5 million people. ► lose count to forget how many things or people you have already counted, when you are counting a lot of things over a long period: · I've been trying to keep a record of how many tickets we've sold, but I've lost count. ► overestimate to wrongly guess an amount, price or number by making the total too high: · I made enough food for forty people but it looks like I overestimated.· A Harvard University survey found that Americans significantly overestimate the cost of higher education. ► underestimate to wrongly guess an amount, price, or number by making it too low: · We saved about $1000 for our trip but we underestimated and may have to wait until next year to go.· Early mapmakers often underestimated the earth's circumference. 1to make a mistake when deciding how long something will take to do, how much money you will need etc:  We miscalculated how long it would take to get there.2to make a wrong judgment about a situation:  Tim had miscalculated: Laura would never disobey her father.
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