单词 | misleading |
释义 | misleadingn. 1. The action of mislead v. (in various senses); (occasionally) an instance of this. Middle Eng. Dict. interprets quot. a1387 as illustrating the sense ‘a misguided leading away’. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [noun] abominationc1350 misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misruling?a1425 misgovernail?a1439 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misnurturea1540 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > misbehaviour > [noun] misgovernancec1375 misleadinga1387 misusing1395 misbearinga1400 misordinancea1400 misdraughtc1450 misgovernmentc1450 misbehaving1451 misguiding1480 misbehaviour1486 misdemeaning1487 misgoverning1487 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 misordera1513 misordering1526 misusage1532 misdemean1579 miscarriage1594 misguide1596 delinquency1603 demeanour1681 misconduct1717 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [noun] > leading into error misleadinga1387 miscounsellinga1475 misguiding1480 misguidance1606 mislearing1871 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 99 Scottes and Pictes, by mysledynge of Maximus þe tyraunt pursued Bretayne. c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 11560 Thow myyt not say That euere fel vs by nyyt or day..oure spedyng By myn vn-wit or mysledyng. c1600 Pilgrimage v, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 131 Nere let the pilgrims to this laurell mounte Fainte,or retire..Through the misleading of some amorous boye. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 5 Which may in time bring in round fees to the Licencer, and wretched mis-leading to the People. 1768–74 A. Tucker Light of Nature II. 408 To other persons perhaps they might prove misleadings, stumbling-blocks. 1884 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 27 630 There has not been any misleading. 1978 J. Ramsden Age of Balfour & Baldwin (BNC) 81 The misleading of the Commons by ministers. ΚΠ ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. viii. 2 Now is it no doute thanne that thise weyes ne ben a maner mysledynges [L. uiae deuia] to blisfulnesse, ne that they ne mowen nat leden folk thider as thei byheten to leden hem. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). misleadingadj. That leads someone astray, or causes someone to have an incorrect impression or belief; deceptive, delusive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > incorrect information > [adjective] > misleading misguiding1587 misleading1599 debauching1645 perigraphic1890 1599 R. Roche Eustathia sig. G8 Thou bewitch'd with beautie, weart beguiled, When thy misleading lust, thine heart defiled. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 10 Such a mis-leading labyrinth of confused..precepts. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. B2v A..blindness more gross, or more misleading. 1788 H. Cowley Fate of Sparta ii. i. 29 The plain simplicity of Spartan schools Disclaims, and abrogates misleading eloquence. 1799 A. Seward Orig. Sonnets 71 Time, and thy charms, thou fanciest will redeem Yon aweless Libertine from rooted vice. Misleading thought! 1854 T. De Quincey Autobiogr. Sketches in Select. Grave & Gay II. 132 Natives as well as strangers..have fallen victims..to the misleading and confounding effects of deep mists. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel (1876) 487 It would then have been simply misleading, to have used these words at all. 1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. 47 I have heard it said that land is capital, intelligence is capital, and so forth. These are all misleading expressions. 1908 E. F. Benson Climber 104 Their friendship was of so short duration, if measured by the misleading scale of hours. 1958 R. K. Narayan Guide ii. 29 Appearances are sometimes misleading. 1987 Which? Sept. 405/4 The Act will make it illegal to make misleading statements about ticket prices. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1387adj.1599 |
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