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单词 mislead
释义
mislead
verb[T]
uk
/ˌmɪsˈliːd/us
/ˌmɪsˈliːd/
misled
C1
tocausesomeone tobelievesomething that is nottrue:
误导；使…产生错误的想法；把…引入歧途
He hasadmittedmisleading thepoliceabouthismovementson thenightof themurder.在谋杀案当晚的行踪问题上，他承认自己误导了警方。
Synonym
misinform
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to say something not true in order to deceive
  • lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.
  • tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.
  • lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.
  • fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful.
  • misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.
  • deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
  • a pack of liesidiom
  • artifice
  • bad faith
  • black is whiteidiom
  • cakeism
  • canard
  • falsehood
  • falsification
  • feedsomeonea lineidiom
  • fib
  • fiction
  • lie
  • myth
  • mythologically
  • mythologize
  • perjure
  • venality
  • weasel words
  • white lie
  • whopper
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(Definition ofmisleadfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mislead| American Dictionary

mislead
verb[T]
us
/mɪsˈlid/
past tense and past participlemisledus/mɪsˈled/
tocausesomeone tobelievesomething that is nottrue:
We’re not misleadingpeople, and we’re notpretendingto be something we’re not.
(Definition ofmisleadfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

mislead| Business English

mislead
verb[T]
uk
/mɪsˈliːd/us
misleduk/mɪsˈled/|misleduk
tocausesomeone tobelievesomething that is nottrue:
Thegovernmenthasrepeatedlymisled thepublic, and we're here toprotest.
mislead sb about sthTheadvertisingcampaignintentionallymisledconsumersabout whether theproductwasnatural.
mislead sb into doing sthMillions ofpeoplewere misled intobuyingthese 'low-risk'investments.
(Definition ofmisleadfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmislead

mislead
But the argument from selective refutation can be misleading when it causes us to fail to notice that the surviving hypothesis has its own defects.
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Nevertheless, there was less opportunity for readers to be misled when they were learning about memory than when the topic was mental imagery.
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At another level, the omission of fundamental components of the historical narrative can seriouslymisleadreaders.
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For one thing, it is misleading to measure leisure simply as time spent outside the labor market.
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We are easily misled by the way a decision is framed.
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This places a premium on the reliability of information, and maternal genes may benefit from suppressing misleading information transmitted between sibs.
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Why distort and indeedmisleadpublic education and discussion by confusing scientific fact and science fiction?
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The rather portentous title of this book neatly describes its topics, except that the term ' postmodern ' is likely tomislead.
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Their system aims to find slips in typing or performance errors rather than competence errors; like our system, it will be misled by consistent mistakes.
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The name is misleading because the control flow could be to the same instance.
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And if only there were far fewer who allow themselves to be so easily misled.
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The size or position of the proposed building may be inaccurate or the way in which the materials or lighting are configured could be misleading.
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But the image of a mass-medium is misleading as mass-media are sources of information that are at least to a certain extent controlled.
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On closer inspection, however, this comfortably predictable image turns out to be in important respects misleading.
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In any case, all schemata representing concentric circles are misleading (as in discussions of identity).
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