单词	misrepresentation
释义	misrepresentmis‧rep‧re‧sent /ˌmɪsreprɪˈzent/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE misrepresent Simple Form Present I, you, we, they misrepresent he, she, it misrepresents Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they misrepresented Present perfect I, you, we, they have misrepresented he, she, it has misrepresented Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had misrepresented Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will misrepresent Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have misrepresented Continuous Form Present I am misrepresenting he, she, it is misrepresenting you, we, they are misrepresenting Past I, he, she, it was misrepresenting you, we, they were misrepresenting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been misrepresenting he, she, it has been misrepresenting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been misrepresenting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be misrepresenting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been misrepresenting Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Many women feel that the history books either ignore or misrepresent them. Some sellers will attempt to misrepresent the condition of a house to buyers. Your reporter has completely misrepresented my opinions about immigration. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But I feel she has been misrepresented. Even when asked directly, as they were by Carol Hong, employees misrepresented the costs, her lawsuit alleges. However, you have misrepresented New Zealand's position. In 1987, when an interim report was issued, scientists and environmentalists bitterly attacked its conclusions as misrepresenting the facts. They also did not find evidence that Lake took any action to conceal or misrepresent his financial holdings. We wonder if any of the other signers are similarly being misrepresented as supporting this seriously flawed proposal. Thesaurus THESAURUSto change something in order to deceive people► distort to explain facts, statements etc in a way that makes them seem different from what they really are: · The judge said that she had deliberately tried to distort the facts.· Don’t try to distort the truth. ► twist to dishonestly change the meaning of a piece of information or of something that someone has said, in order to get an advantage for yourself or to support your own opinion: · He accused reporters of twisting his words.· In her article she twisted the meaning of what I said. ► misrepresent to give people a wrong idea about someone or their opinions, by what you write or say: · I hope I have not misrepresented her opinion.· He’s taking legal action to stop the film, claiming it grossly misrepresents him. Longman Language Activatorto change facts or information in a dishonest way► twist to dishonestly change the meaning of a piece of information or of something that someone has said, in order to get some advantage for yourself or to support your own opinion: · The lawyers twisted everything I said to make it look as if I was guilty.· Every time I try to talk to him about it, he just twists everything I say.· Write very clearly so that no one can twist your meaning. ► misrepresent to give people a wrong idea about someone or their opinions, by what you write or say: · Your reporter has completely misrepresented my opinions about immigration.· Many women feel that the history books either ignore or misrepresent them. ► distort to explain facts, statements etc in a way that makes them seem different from what they really are: · Newspaper readers are usually given a simplified and often distorted version of events.· These incidents were grossly distorted by police witnesses.distort the truth/the facts: · Journalists were accused of sensationalizing the story and distorting the facts. ► falsify to dishonestly change official documents or records so that they contain false information: · She falsified her birth certificate to get the job.· A whole team was kept busy falsifying official government records.· Their accounts had been falsified over a long period of time ► put words into somebody's mouth to pretend that you think someone has said something that is not what they actually said or meant: · I didn't mean that at all -- you're just putting words into my mouth!· You're putting words into her mouth. You don't know what she thinks. ► cook the books informal to dishonestly change a company's financial records, in order to steal money: · We've just found out Alec's been cooking the books.· The directors of the company made millions from cooking the books before the fraud investigators caught them. ► rewrite history if a government, film company etc rewrites history, it deceives people by pretending that particular historical events did not really happen or that they happened differently: · Hollywood has been accused of rewriting history, by once again denying the role played by African Americans. to deliberately give a wrong description of someone’s opinions or of a situation:  These statistics grossly misrepresent the reality.—misrepresentation /ˌmɪsreprɪzenˈteɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]:  a misrepresentation of the truth
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