释义 |
misinformmis‧in‧form /ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːm $ -ɔːrm/ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEmisinform |
Present | I, you, we, they | misinform | | he, she, it | misinforms | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | misinformed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have misinformed | | he, she, it | has misinformed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had misinformed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will misinform | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have misinformed |
- He's either badly misinformed or willfully lying.
to believe something that is wrong► be wrong if you are wrong , you think or say something that is not correct: · I thought a holiday in Greece would be cheap, but I was wrong.· Maybe I'm wrong, but I could have sworn the class was at 9.30 a.m.· Why won't he admit he was wrong?be wrong about: · You were wrong about that train - it left at 10.30.be wrong in thinking/believing etc something: · You'd be wrong in thinking we don't encourage disabled students to come to the college. ► be mistaken formal to have an incorrect opinion or belief about something - use this as a polite way of saying someone is wrong: · I thought it was an accident, but I was mistaken.be mistaken about: · Anna realised she had been mistaken about Dennis.you must be mistaken: · I think you must be mistaken. He could not have obtained a key to your room. ► be misinformed to be wrong because you have been given information that is incorrect or untrue: · I think you must have been misinformed -- we don't teach any courses in business studies here.be misinformed about: · The documents clearly show that the public was misled and misinformed about the crisis. ► be on the wrong track/tack to have the wrong idea about a situation, so that you are unlikely to get the result you want or the right answer to a problem: · I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.get somebody off on the wrong tack/track: · He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again. ► kid/delude yourself to wrongly and stupidly let yourself believe something that you want to believe, but which is not true: · He's kidding himself if he thinks he's going to be a great film director.· Don't delude yourself. They have no intention of offering you a job. nouninformantinformationinformermisinformationdisinformationadjectiveinformative ≠ uninformativeinformed ≠ uninformedverbinformmisinformadverbinformatively to give someone information that is incorrect: I am afraid you’ve been misinformed.GRAMMAR Misinform is usually passive. |