| 单词 | misquote |
| 释义 | misquote (once / 13148 pages) vn To misquote someone is to incorrectly repeat the words they've said. It's unethical for a journalist to deliberately misquote the subject of an interview. It's extremely common for people to misquote famous figures like Gandhi (who never literally said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world") and Machiavelli (who didn't exactly say, "The ends justify the means"). These examples can also be called misquotes. As with many words, Shakespeare is credited with being the first to use this combination of mis-, "wrong," and quote, "repeat or copy out exact words." WORD FAMILYmisquote: misquotation, misquoted, misquotes, misquoting+/misquotation: misquotations/quotable: quotability, quotably, unquotable/quotation: quotations/quote: misquote, quotable, quotation, quoted, quoter, quotes, quoting, underquote/quoter: quoters USAGE EXAMPLESDue to an editing error, a Dec. 15 Politics misquoted Hillary Clinton as saying, “We are all part of something bigger than ourselves.” Slate(Dec 16, 2016) He told Trending that he was later misquoted, but acknowledges that that the email he wrote was probably too "informal" in tone. BBC(Nov 25, 2016) “He’s been misquoted about the 45 percent on China. Everybody says, ‘Oh, he’s going to slap 45 percent tariff on everything out of China.’ Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) 1v quote incorrectly He had misquoted the politician Hyper cite, quote repeat a passage from 2n an incorrect quotation Syn|Hyper misquotation citation, quotation, quote a passage or expression that is quoted or cited |
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