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单词 misstatement
释义
misstatement
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌmɪsˈsteɪt.mənt/us
/ˌmɪsˈsteɪt.mənt/
theactofexpressingafactthat is notcorrect, or anexampleof this:
错误陈述
He said he mademinormisstatements butdenieddeliberatelylyingunderoath.他说他陈述中有些小错误，但否认在宣誓后故意撒谎。
Theenergytradingcompanyissuedastatementthatcorrecteditsown misstatements.该能源贸易公司发表了一份声明，纠正了自己的错误陈述。
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  • To say that thestatehas done little tohelpthesefamiliesis agrossmisstatement and issimplynottrue.
  • Evenexperiencedcontenderscan makepuzzlingmisstatements duringpresidentialdebates.
  • Thebookcontainssomeextremelydamagingmisstatements offact.
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(Definition ofmisstatementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

misstatement| Business English

misstatement
noun[C]
uk
/ˌmɪsˈsteɪtmənt/us
theactofstatingsomething that isfalseor notaccurate:
Shecorrecteda fewmisstatementsshemadein hertestimony.
adeliberatemisstatement of thefacts
(Definition ofmisstatementfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmisstatement

misstatement
It will take a patient reader to follow the story line and a cautious one to separate fact from anecdote, opinion, or simple misstatements.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Finally, a number of editors' notes appear in the endnotes to correct some of the author's misstatements or to identify alternative positions that have been taken.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I wish to take this opportunity of correcting several misstatements, misunderstandings, and mischievous statements in regard to this matter.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That we should prevent misstatements of facts which are prejudicial and injurious to our cause is a thing about which nobody will dispute.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That, perhaps will go down in history as the classicmisstatementor understatement of that time.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
He is damnified by amisstatement, made either deliberately or recklessly, and he should therefore have a civil remedy.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Far from setting the record straight, he has repeated all the misstatements and the attempts at deception made by his predecessors.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
To talk about it being a marriage is a completemisstatementof the facts.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Speaking on this subject, he has not, for the first time, been guilty of misstatements of fact.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I will take care that if misstatements are made suitable replies shall be published.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In the first place he is assuming that if the applicant makes amisstatement, he may not be able to obtain consent.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
To accuse us of having gone along the border in order to raise trouble is a deliberatemisstatementof fact.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
When it is said that private enterprise is not being given a chance in the building programme, that is a completemisstatementof fact.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
As regards the second part, 557 soldiers were discharged during 1929 for having made amisstatementas to age on enlistment.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There are several misstatements in that supplementary question.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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