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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mis- /mɪs/ prefix  1 BADbad or badly 坏的[] 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?
Examples from the Corpus
mis-I mistrust him.
Origin mis- Partly from Old English mis-, partly from Old French mes-
mis- prefixChinese
bad Corpus badly or


mis-
mis- /mɪs/ prefix
 Origin: Partly from Old English mis-, partly from Old French mes-
1. bad or badly:
    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-BrE /mɪs/ 🔊NAmE /mɪs/ 🔊 prefix (in verbs and nouns 构成动词和名词) bad or wrong; badly or wrongly 坏(或错)的;糟糕(或错误)地misbehaviour行为不端misinterpret误解

agenda, AGM, apology, brainstorming, breakout, chair, committee, convene, meeting, the minutes