| 单词 | to mistake for |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto mistake (a person or thing) for 7. to mistake (a person or thing) for (some other person or thing): to suppose erroneously the former to be the latter; to identify wrongly as. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > believe (suppose wrongly) [verb (transitive)] > that one thing is another to mistake (a person or thing) for1559 misdeem1668 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 178 I coniecture yt Plini in this place did mistake schistum the stone, for schistum an alum. 1582 S. Batman Vppon Bartholome, De Proprietatibus Rerum sig. ¶.iiii/2 Kalixtus..ordained the foure yeerely fasts, about Anno Domini. 220. if mine authour haue not mistaken this Kalixtus for some other. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. i. 83 You haue mistooke (my Lady) Polixenes for Leontes. View more context for this quotation 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 181 I touched the poore mans box with my fingers..mistaking it for the Font of holy water. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxv. 131 They mistake..the Precepts of Counsellours, for the Precepts of them that Command. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶15 She [sc. a Hen] mistakes a Piece of Chalk for an Egg, and sits upon it in the same Manner. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 143 The effusions of gratitude she mistook for those of tenderness. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth x, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 297 Poor gossip Oliver often mistook friends for enemies. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 5 Those..who have the temperament which mistakes strong expression for strong judgment. 1945 J. Agate Diary 10 July in Selective Ego (1976) 216 Yonnel..looks every inch an actor; you couldn't possibly mistake him for anything else. 2000 Daily Tel. 24 July 3/3 They can be mistaken for leprosy but there is no doubt here. < as lemmas |
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