mis-
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++mis- /mɪs/ prefix 1 BADbad or badly 坏的[地] misfortune (=bad luck) 不幸 He’s been misbehaving. 他一直行为不端。2 WRONG/INCORRECTwrong or wrongly 错的;错误地 a miscalculation 误算 I misunderstood you. 我误解你了。3 OPPOSITE/REVERSENOT HAVEused to refer to an opposite or the lack of something 不;相反;缺少 What caused this anger and mistrust (=lack of trust)? 这怒气和不信任是怎么来的?
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mis-• I mistrust him.Origin mis- Partly from Old English mis-, partly from Old French mes-mis- prefixChinese
bad Corpus badly or
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mis- /mɪs/
prefix
misfortune (=bad luck)
He’s been misbehaving.
2. wrong or wrongly:
a miscalculation
I misunderstood you.
3. used to refer to an opposite or the lack of something:
What caused this anger and mistrust (=lack of trust)?
mis- /mɪs/
prefix Origin: Partly from Old English mis-, partly from Old French mes-
1. bad or badly:
2. wrong or wrongly:
3. used to refer to an opposite or the lack of something: