misrepresent

英 [ˌmɪsˌreprɪˈzent]

美 [ˌmɪsˌreprɪˈzent]

v.  误传; 不实报道; 歪曲

过去分词：misrepresented　现在分词：misrepresenting　过去式：misrepresented　复数：misrepresents　第三人称单数：misrepresents　

IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18914 / COCA.16251

牛津词典

verb

• 误传；不实报道；歪曲
  to give information about sb/sth that is not true or complete so that other people have the wrong impression about them/it
  1. He felt that the book misrepresented his opinions.
     他觉得这本书歪曲了他的观点。
  2. In the article she was misrepresented as an uncaring mother.
     这篇文章把她歪曲成一名缺少爱心的母亲。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 误述;对…作不准确的叙述;歪曲
  If someonemisrepresentsa person or situation, they give a wrong or inaccurate account of what the person or situation is like.
  1. He said that the press had misrepresented him as arrogant and bullying...
     他说新闻媒体把他歪曲成了一个傲慢而又霸道的人。
  2. Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers...
     好莱坞电影把我们歪曲成酒鬼、疯子和杀人凶手。
  3. Keynes deliberately misrepresented the views of his opponents...
     凯恩斯故意歪曲了反对者的观点。
  4. The spokesman said that the extent of the current strike is being misrepresented.
     发言人说目前罢工的程度正被人误传。

英英释义

verb

• represent falsely
  1. This statement misrepresents my intentions
  Synonym:belie
• tamper, with the purpose of deception
  1. Fudge the figures
  2. cook the books
  3. falsify the data
  Synonym:fudgemanipulatefakefalsifycookwangle

双语例句

• Members shall not make any statements, orally or in writing, that misrepresent the investment performance that they or their firms have accomplished or can reasonably be expected to achieve.
  成员不得以口头或书面形式就其或其公司之投资业绩或预期可能取得之投资业绩作出不实之陈述。
• But these pieties misrepresent the true nature of an investment bank just as surely as the SEC did.
  但这些虔诚的告白就像证交会的行为一样，绝对没有真实反映一家投行的本质。
• The nature of the Internet allows people to freely misrepresent themselves and pretend to be someone or something they're not.
  网际网路的本质让人得以任意捏造自己的故事，冒充他人或冒用别种身分。
• Using the statistic'one in eight'makes a strong headline but can dramatically misrepresent individual breast cancer risk.
  利用“1/8”的统计数字可以制成一个醒目的标题，但是可能显著歪曲个人的乳腺癌风险。
• If they come to a clump, I know nothing about biology, so if I misrepresent something, let me know.
  如果他们碰到一个土块，我不懂生物，如果我说错了就告诉我啊。
• MIP images have a tendency to misrepresent anatomic spatial relationships because the projected data do not take spatial location into account.
  由于投影的信息没有将空间位置考虑在内，MIP图像有错误体现解剖空间关系的倾向。
• Hollywood films misrepresented us as drunks, maniacs and murderers
  好莱坞电影把我们歪曲成酒鬼、疯子和杀人凶手。
• However they are not allowed to misrepresent or leave out details when requested.
  但是他们不能曲解或漏掉细节要求。
• There have been in recent years three scholastic approaches that misrepresent the basic features of "contemporary Chinese literature" and its historical position, losing the sense of history.
  近年来有三种研究倾向不利于把握当代文学的根本特征与历史定位，研究失去了历史感。
• Basing on the recognition of history, jurisprudence and the current international politics, the author emphasizes the truth: Taiwan is Chinese territory from the ancient, Taiwan problem is Chinese interior entirely, the principle of only one China must not be allowed to misrepresent.
  基于对历史、法理和当代国际政治的认知，强调了以下事实：台湾自古以来就是中国的领土，台湾问题完全是中国的内政，一个中国原则不容歪曲和篡改。