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单词 misdescribe
释义

Definition of misdescribe in English:

misdescribe

verb mɪsdɪˈskrʌɪbˌmisdəˈskrīb
[with object]
  • Describe inaccurately or misleadingly.

    he misdescribed the play as a tragedy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I certainly heard him misdescribe a law in New Zealand and he should be required to withdraw and apologise.
    • More importantly, however, the Court's statement flatly misdescribes what is going on here.
    • This may well mean that our approach is misdescribed.
    • A series of temporary regulations promulgated, before any election has been held, in the name of a conquering power and its local appointees is wholly misdescribed as a Constitution.
    • But to say without qualification that the totality of the events constituted an injustice misdescribes the historical record.
    • It does not simply describe more accurately what was misdescribed in the earlier notices; it goes further than the earlier notices.
    • And it is certainly true that he often exaggerates, or at any rate misdescribes, some of the contrasts he discerns between medieval and Lutheran religious sensibility.
    • Remember though you are only entitled to a refund if goods are faulty, misdescribed or not fit for the purpose made known to the retailer.
    • He misdescribes naval boarding parties armed for their own protection as ‘armed assault teams’.
    • And the reason it was not paying its bills was that the original owners appear to have… er… creatively misdescribed the state of their finances when they were raising money and starting operations.
    • If the item is not faulty or misdescribed you may have to pay to send them back.
    • Spinoza's theory recognizes this fact (the fact of intentionality) but radically misdescribes it.
    • Goods can only be returned for a refund if they are faulty or misdescribed and if you act promptly.
    • My expectation was that we would find a lot of undisclosed and misdescribed goods, and that has come to be, with the work by the teams.
    • Remember these rights are in addition to your rights if the goods or services are faulty or misdescribed.
    • From time to time, I blog about some article or commentary that misdescribes the effects of the USA Patriot Act (as I did earlier today).
    • Again this misdescribes the arbitrator's finding.
    • This so misdescribes what would likely be the real meaning of this lawsuit to African-Americans that the strict adoption of property language in the pursuit of legal victory seems to carry a considerable cost.
    • More frequently, abuses arise when sellers misdescribe their items, exaggerating positives and ignoring negatives.
    • Like the Warhol quote, it's a movie that has been routinely misdescribed since.

Derivatives

  • misdescription

  • noun mɪˈskrɪpʃ(ə)nˌmɪsdəˈskrɪpʃ(ə)n
    • An inaccurate or misleading description.

      the use of the phrase is a misdescription of the item
      Example sentencesExamples
      • mass noun the problem of misdescription
      • This Policy shall be voidable in the event of mis-representation misdescription or non-disclosure in any material particular.
      • We apologise for those mistaken words, but we do submit that it does not ultimately affect the wider grounds upon which the applicant relies, inasmuch as the applicant's case is based upon what we submit is a mere misdescription.
      • Nonetheless, given that conspiracies are commonly proved by acts and events constituting the substantive offence, there is no misdescription of the matters in the above paragraphs as being ‘part of the conspiracy’.
 
 

Definition of misdescribe in US English:

misdescribe

verbˌmisdəˈskrīb
[with object]
  • Describe inaccurately or misleadingly.

    he misdescribed the play as a tragedy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This so misdescribes what would likely be the real meaning of this lawsuit to African-Americans that the strict adoption of property language in the pursuit of legal victory seems to carry a considerable cost.
    • If the item is not faulty or misdescribed you may have to pay to send them back.
    • And it is certainly true that he often exaggerates, or at any rate misdescribes, some of the contrasts he discerns between medieval and Lutheran religious sensibility.
    • More importantly, however, the Court's statement flatly misdescribes what is going on here.
    • I certainly heard him misdescribe a law in New Zealand and he should be required to withdraw and apologise.
    • Like the Warhol quote, it's a movie that has been routinely misdescribed since.
    • This may well mean that our approach is misdescribed.
    • From time to time, I blog about some article or commentary that misdescribes the effects of the USA Patriot Act (as I did earlier today).
    • More frequently, abuses arise when sellers misdescribe their items, exaggerating positives and ignoring negatives.
    • It does not simply describe more accurately what was misdescribed in the earlier notices; it goes further than the earlier notices.
    • My expectation was that we would find a lot of undisclosed and misdescribed goods, and that has come to be, with the work by the teams.
    • Again this misdescribes the arbitrator's finding.
    • Remember though you are only entitled to a refund if goods are faulty, misdescribed or not fit for the purpose made known to the retailer.
    • And the reason it was not paying its bills was that the original owners appear to have… er… creatively misdescribed the state of their finances when they were raising money and starting operations.
    • A series of temporary regulations promulgated, before any election has been held, in the name of a conquering power and its local appointees is wholly misdescribed as a Constitution.
    • Spinoza's theory recognizes this fact (the fact of intentionality) but radically misdescribes it.
    • Remember these rights are in addition to your rights if the goods or services are faulty or misdescribed.
    • But to say without qualification that the totality of the events constituted an injustice misdescribes the historical record.
    • He misdescribes naval boarding parties armed for their own protection as ‘armed assault teams’.
    • Goods can only be returned for a refund if they are faulty or misdescribed and if you act promptly.
 
 
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