| 释义 |
mis-ˈstate, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To state erroneously; to make wrong statements about.
1650R. Hollingworth Exerc. Usurped Powers 39 You dare to mis-represent and mistate the minde of God. 1657Sanderson Serm. Pref. §12 (1674) C 3 They mis-state the Question, when they talk of pressing Ceremonies. 1791Cowper Yardley Oak 48 Unrecorded facts Recovering, and misstated setting right. 1818Cobbett Pol. Reg. XXXIII. 271 When a writer mis-states facts, be sure that he drives at no very laudable conclusion. 1865Bright Sp., Canada 13 Mar. (1876) 66, I am not mis-stating the case.
absol.1864–8Browning J. Lee's Wife iv. iii, Now do I mis-state, mistake?
So mis-ˈstated ppl. a., mis-ˈstating vbl. n.; mis-ˈstater, one who mis-states.
1643Prynne Sov. Power Parlt. iii. 61 Through the mis⁓stating of the points in question. 1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. xix. 120 The mis-stated words are the original mistake. 1859Chamb. Jrnl. XI. 404 That gross misstater of fact. |