| 单词 | mislead |
| 释义 | mislead (once / 595 pages) v Use the verb mislead to describe what you're doing when you don't tell the whole truth, or when you let someone believe something false. You mislead someone when you point them in the wrong direction, literally or metaphorically. If you let your cousin think an expensive gift is from you when you actually just sent her a card, you are misleading her. And if you give a tourist directions away from the chain restaurant he's looking for, you are misleading him. Finally, if you think this doesn't really count as lying, you're misleading yourself. WORD FAMILYmislead: misleader, misleading, misleads, misled+/lead: lead-colored, leaded, leader, leading, leadless, leads, led, mislead/leaded: nonleaded, unleaded/leader: leaders, leadership/leadership: leaderships/leading: leadingly, leadings/misleader: misleaders/misleading: misleadingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe purpose of the press is to inform and educate, not mislead with incomplete information presented as facts. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) She’s also is accused of misleading police on Banks’ identity in order to help him evade law enforcement. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Indeed, the very term “superpower” may be misleading or obsolete. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) 1v lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions Syn|Hyper lead astray, misdirect, misguide conduct, direct, guide, lead, take take somebody somewhere 2v give false or misleading information to Syn|Hypo|Hyper misinform lie tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversatebe deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstateto enlarge beyond bounds or the truth sandbagdownplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling betray, deceive, lead astraycause someone to believe an untruth romancetell romantic or exaggerated lies perjureknowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury fibtell a relatively insignificant lie impersonate, personate, posepretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snowconceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end overemphasise, overemphasize, overstressplace special or excessive emphasis on befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take infool or hoax blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vauntshow off aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, padadd details to inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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