英语词汇“misrepresentation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A misrepresentation is when you misrepresent, or lie about, something that happened. If you say you were the quarter back of the football team but really you were the mascot, that’s a misrepresentation.

A misrepresentation is a misstatement of the facts. It’s more than casting a different light on something; it’s deceptive and untrue. It’s a misrepresentation to tell your parents you went to the principal’s office to talk about books if you really got sent there for talking in class. Misrepresentations are deliberately misleading. They’re lies.

WORD FAMILY

misrepresentation: misrepresentations+/misrepresent: misrepresentation, misrepresented, misrepresenting, misrepresents/represent: misrepresent, representable, representation, representative, represented, representing, represents/representation: representational, representations/representational: nonrepresentational, representationally/representative: nonrepresentative, representatively, representatives, unrepresentative/unrepresentative: unrepresentatively

USAGE EXAMPLES

“To think otherwise is a complete misrepresentation of the movement that united Americans from all backgrounds,” the statement said.

Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016)

Those misrepresentations might sound like a slight, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Time(Nov 29, 2016)

The scientists who deny endocrine disruption and dismiss the expert reviews on EDCs make many scientific inaccuracies and misrepresentations.

Nature(Nov 21, 2016)

1n a misleading falsehood

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

deceit, deception

bill of goods

communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable

humbug, snake oil

communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive

half-truth

a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead

facade, window dressing

a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

exaggeration, magnification, overstatement

making to seem more important than it really is

snow job

a long and elaborate misrepresentation

dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense

pretending with intention to deceive

blind, subterfuge

something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery

verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

duplicity, fraudulence

a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

equivocation, evasion

a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

bluff

pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

pretext, stalking-horse

something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

hypocrisy, lip service

an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction

circumlocution, indirect expression

an indirect way of expressing something

doublespeak

any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not

hedge, hedging

an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

cavil, quibble, quiddity

an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

falsehood, falsity, untruth

a false statement

2n a willful perversion of facts

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

falsification

distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting

the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

equivocation, tergiversation

falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

fabrication, lying, prevarication

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation

the act of deceiving

fibbing, paltering

a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear

fakery

the act of faking (or the product of faking)

indirection

deceitful action that is not straightforward

chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

double-dealing, duplicity

acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

cheat, cheating

a deception for profit to yourself

delusion, head game, illusion

the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas

feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation

the act of giving a false appearance

impersonation, imposture

pretending to be another person

obscurantism

a deliberate act intended to make something obscure

bluff, four flush

the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

take-in

the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct

activity that transgresses moral or civil law

单词	misrepresentation
释义	misrepresentation (once / 3199 pages) n A misrepresentation is when you misrepresent, or lie about, something that happened. If you say you were the quarter back of the football team but really you were the mascot, that’s a misrepresentation. A misrepresentation is a misstatement of the facts. It’s more than casting a different light on something; it’s deceptive and untrue. It’s a misrepresentation to tell your parents you went to the principal’s office to talk about books if you really got sent there for talking in class. Misrepresentations are deliberately misleading. They’re lies. WORD FAMILY misrepresentation: misrepresentations+/misrepresent: misrepresentation, misrepresented, misrepresenting, misrepresents/represent: misrepresent, representable, representation, representative, represented, representing, represents/representation: representational, representations/representational: nonrepresentational, representationally/representative: nonrepresentative, representatively, representatives, unrepresentative/unrepresentative: unrepresentatively USAGE EXAMPLES “To think otherwise is a complete misrepresentation of the movement that united Americans from all backgrounds,” the statement said. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) Those misrepresentations might sound like a slight, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Time(Nov 29, 2016) The scientists who deny endocrine disruption and dismiss the expert reviews on EDCs make many scientific inaccuracies and misrepresentations. Nature(Nov 21, 2016) 1n a misleading falsehood Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper deceit, deception bill of goods communication (written or spoken) that persuades someone to accept something untrue or undesirable humbug, snake oil communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive half-truth a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead facade, window dressing a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant exaggeration, magnification, overstatement making to seem more important than it really is snow job a long and elaborate misrepresentation dissembling, feigning, pretence, pretense pretending with intention to deceive blind, subterfuge something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity hanky panky, hocus-pocus, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery, slickness, trickery verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way duplicity, fraudulence a fraudulent or duplicitous representation equivocation, evasion a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth bluff pretense that your position is stronger than it really is pretext, stalking-horse something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason hypocrisy, lip service an expression of agreement that is not supported by real conviction circumlocution, indirect expression an indirect way of expressing something doublespeak any language that pretends to communicate but actually does not hedge, hedging an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement cavil, quibble, quiddity an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections falsehood, falsity, untruth a false statement 2n a willful perversion of facts Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper falsification distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean equivocation, tergiversation falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language fabrication, lying, prevarication the deliberate act of deviating from the truth deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation the act of deceiving fibbing, paltering a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear fakery the act of faking (or the product of faking) indirection deceitful action that is not straightforward chicane, chicanery, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) double-dealing, duplicity acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another cheat, cheating a deception for profit to yourself delusion, head game, illusion the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation the act of giving a false appearance impersonation, imposture pretending to be another person obscurantism a deliberate act intended to make something obscure bluff, four flush the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards take-in the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct activity that transgresses moral or civil law
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