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词汇 misrepresenting
释义 misrepresenting
present participle ofmisrepresent
misrepresent
verb[ T ]
uk /ˌmɪs.rep.rɪˈzent/ us /ˌmɪs.rep.rɪˈzent/
to describe falsely an idea, opinion, or situation, often in order to get an advantage: 不如实地叙述(或说明);误传;歪曲;诈称
She accused her opponents of deliberately misrepresenting her as an extremist.她指责对手故意诬陷她是极端分子。
I've grown used to my views being misrepresented in the press.我已经对新闻界歪曲我的观点习以为常了。
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.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Lies, lying & hypocrisy
a pack of liesidiom
artifice
bad faith
black is whiteidiom
cakeism
falsehood
falsification
feed someone a lineidiom
fib
fiction
lie
mythologically
mythologize
perjure
perjury
someone can talk!idiom
washing
weasel words
white lie
whopper

Examples of misrepresenting


misrepresenting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


It is great when you can cite yourself as the authority, and even better when you can do so without misrepresenting entire sub-disciplines.
For many years, the formalists have been able to avoid misrepresenting the positions of the connectionists and the functionalists by simply ignoring their existence.
In this particular context, an else-paraphrase would have the unfortunate effect of misrepresenting the intended number, which calls for a focus on plurality of persons.
In my opinion, such a reunification is not possible without misrepresenting at least one of the recent dominant epistemological traditions.
Although this seems a very crude polarization, misrepresenting both parties, it is not inaccurate.
However, my main message here is that we achieve very little by trivializing and misrepresenting it.
However, there is the risk of seriously misrepresenting those details when the metaphor is interpreted literally or when it is used as an a priori explanation of them.
Shryock is undeterred by the amount of liberty he takes in misrepresenting facts.
While this could lead to misrepresenting the true effects of political minority status, such a distortion is likely to be minimal given the small differences between sample and actual population.
These always make them vulnerable to the danger of misrepresenting the narratives of the subalterns or of exploiting the great afflictions of an unequal global order for their own purposes.
It seems to me that we can, without misrepresenting the facts of the matter, say that there is an important sense in which she happens upon the girl she produces.
However, this is indeed the wrong way to read the book, misrepresenting both its value and the kind of use which readers will wish to make of it.
I am happy to compare my record in denouncing lawlessness and violence in any context with the record of those who persist in misrepresenting us.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
He has shown considerable ingenuity, or considerable obtuseness, in misrepresenting the views of those from whom he differs.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
There is no difficulty at all in misrepresenting most statues.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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