单词 | mismeasure |
释义 | mismeasureverb mis·mea·sure ˌmis-ˈme-zhər -ˈmā- mismeasured; mismeasuring transitive verb : to measure (something) badly or incorrectly : to make a mistake in measuring … the mahogany paneling for the storefront had been mismeasured and arrived too large for the opening and had to be sent back. Alan J. Heavens In the land of Julius Caesar—a brilliant politician who nonetheless mismeasured, fatally, the temper of the Roman Senate—it is hard to fathom why, as political animals, we can never seem to ingest the most basic laws of cause and effect. Ingrid D. Rowland mismeasurement ˌmis-ˈme-zhər-mənt noun -ˈmā- plural mismeasurements By opposing false standards of measurement in both human and animal populations—in his measured hostility to mismeasurement—[Stephen Jay] Gould will be seen as one of the last great American liberals … Michael Neve mismeasure verbas in to misestimate to make an incorrect judgment regarding the television network seriously mismeasured public reaction to the unceremonious dismissal of the popular anchorwoman Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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