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单词 mistake
释义 mis·take
I. \mə̇ˈstāk\ verb
(mis·took \məˈstu̇k, (ˈ)mi|s-\ ; mis·tak·en \mə̇ˈstākən\ ; mistaking ; mistakes)
Etymology: Middle English mistaken, from Old Norse mistaka to take by mistake, make a slip, from mis- mis- (I) + taka to take — more at take
transitive verb
1. : to choose wrongly : blunder in the choice of
 < ambition quite mistakes her road — Edward Young >
 < mistook the track across the moors, and led the army into boggy ground — T.B.Macaulay >
2.
 a. : to take in a wrong sense : misunderstand the meaning or intention of
  < don't mistake me; I will do exactly as I say >
  < had mistaken the meaning of her question — Carson McCullers >
 b. : to be wrong in the estimation or understanding of : misinterpret
  < mistook the class structure and ownership distribution of developed capitalism — Peter Wiles >
 c. : to make a wrong judgment of the character or ability of : underestimate
  < they mistake their man if they think they can frighten me >
3.
 a. : to fail to recognize or to identify wrongly
  < there's no mistaking him >
  < there's no mistaking that house >
 b. : to substitute incorrectly in thought or perception : take wrongly for someone or something else
  < mistake gush for vigor and substitute rhetoric for imagination — C.D.Lewis >
  < could be and often was mistaken for a farmer — H.S.Canby >
4. : to be wrong in regard to (time)
 < somehow mistook the hour … I had told her nine o'clock, and she came at ten — Mary R. Rinehart >
intransitive verb
: to be wrong : be under a misapprehension
 < you mistook when you thought I laughed at you — Thomas Hardy >
 < if I mistake not … the entire import of the illustration changes — John Dewey >
mis·tak·er \-kə(r)\ noun
II. noun
1. : a misunderstanding of the meaning or implication of something
 < it is a mistake to think that the supreme or legislative power of a commonwealth can do what it will — John Locke >
 < it is a great mistake to think that the bare scientific idea is the required invention — A.N.Whitehead >
2. : a wrong action or statement proceeding from faulty judgment, inadequate knowledge, or inattention : an unintentional error
 < it would be a mistake, however, to drain all bogs — Boy Scout Handbook >
 < gave him a ten-dollar bill in mistake for a one >
3. law : an erroneous belief : a state of mind not in accordance with the facts
Synonyms: see error

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