网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 misappropriation
释义
misappropriation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌmɪs.əˌprəʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌmɪs.əˌproʊ.priˈeɪ.ʃən/
theactofstealingsomething that you have beentrustedto takecareof and using it for yourself:
挪用，盗用，私吞
He waschargedwithembezzlementand misappropriationofunionfunds.他被控贪污和挪用工会基金。
Theseagreementsmay beineffectiveinpreventingmisappropriation oftechnology.这些协议可能还不足以防止技术被盗用。
See
misappropriate
More examples
  • Thefirmdiscussedtheallegedmisappropriation oftradesecretsonitscompanywebsite.
  • Thetransactionswere anattempttoconcealthe misappropriation ofmoney.
  • There wereconcernsaboutgovernmentmisappropriation ofprivateland.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stealing
  • abscond
  • aggravated burglary
  • anti-burglar
  • anti-burglary
  • anti-piracy
  • hot-wire
  • housebreaking
  • jemmy
  • jimmy
  • job
  • kleptomania
  • piratical
  • plunder
  • poach
  • poaching
  • purloin
  • rustle
  • rustling
  • snaffle
  • snitch
See more results »
(Definition ofmisappropriationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

misappropriation| Business English

misappropriation
noun[U]
FINANCE,ACCOUNTINGformal
uk
/ˌmɪsəˌprəʊpriˈeɪʃən/us
theactofstealingsomething that you have beenaskedto takecareof, and using it for yourself:
misappropriation of funds/money/assetsHe waschargedwithforgeryand misappropriation ofunionassets.
Compare
appropriation
(Definition ofmisappropriationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmisappropriation

misappropriation
The meeting dissolved, and the question of themisappropriationwas never raised again.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In this paper, the effectiveness of espionage law in deterring themisappropriationof ideas in the process of being developed is the main policy instrument.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Another factor was themisappropriationof tax by tax collectors.
From theCambridge English Corpus
All the interviewed companies envisage intellectual information and technologies as the fundamental source of their economic activity and as the first target ofmisappropriation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These practices can be put down to local resistance to democratic decentralisation and to themisappropriationof the expected profits.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Further disenchantment followed themisappropriationof locally raised funds that had been earmarked to attract a matching external grant for community policing activities.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Misappropriationof authorship (either honorary or ghost authorship) is incompatible with the principles, duties, and ethical responsibilities involved in scientific publication.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Outwitting squirrels: 101 cunning stratagems to reduce dramatically the egregiousmisappropriationof seed from your birdfeeder by squirrels.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theoretical analyses of the macroeconomic2 effects of intellectualmisappropriationis still lacking despite the obvious fact that immaterial assets are of increasing importance in contemporary economies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is far from certain that just because they complain aboutmisappropriation, governmental lethargy or arrogance, their basic values will sustain an honest, efficient and responsive regime.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Things progressed normally for a time, but it soon became apparent that themisappropriationscandals of the past were having a negative impact on the amount of subscriptions being raised.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At none of the five sites were there less than several accusations ofmisappropriationcirculating in relation to funds being held by this or that group or organisation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Once we accept that interpretation is a form of appropriation it becomes harder (though not impossible) to distinguish between the appropriation andmisappropriationof a previous writer's ideas.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unfortunately, it is calculated to give the impression that neglect of duty ormisappropriationof clients' monies is quite a common event.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I must nevertheless emphasise that no instances of fraud ormisappropriationhave been detected.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/misappropriation##
随便看

　

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。

　

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/2/10 23:09:56