misstate

vt. 说错, 作虚伪叙述

词形变化

misstated misstates 三单 misstates misstating misstating 现在分词 misstated 过去式 misstated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.

    及物

    Near-synonym: misreport

    The speaker misstated the year of his grandfather's birth by a hundred years, but it was an honest mistake: how often does one speak of the 1800s?

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

tell say state

词源

From mis- + state.

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