单词 | misrepresent |
释义 | mis·represent transitive verb 1. < they all misrepresented the past in the same prescribed way — R.B.Merriman > 2. < the principal lobbyists … were absolutely misrepresenting the membership of those societies — F.D.Roosevelt > intransitive verb < misrepresents when he says that he was driving carefully > < presents much from a partisan point of view; yet he never intentionally misrepresents — W.H.Allison > Synonyms: < a biography completely misrepresenting his true character > < misrepresent a case before a jury > belie, in this connection, implies merely to give an impression at variance with the facts < nothing she saw or touched gave token of even its own reality: even her wrist watch seemed to belie time — Elizabeth Bowen > < the brevity and cheerfulness of the study belie the importance of its subject — Times Literary Supplement > |
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