misinterpret

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mis·in·ter·pret /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt $ -ɜːr-/ AWL verb [transitive]  UNDERSTAND#to not understand the correct meaning of something that someone says or does, or of facts that you are considering 对…误解，错误地理解 SYN misread, misconstrue Some parts of the report could be misinterpreted. 报告的某些部分可能会被误解。misinterpret something as something She had misinterpreted his silence as anger. 她把他的沉默误解成生气。 —misinterpretation /ˌmɪsɪntɜːprɪˈteɪʃən $ -tɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] a misinterpretation of the test results 对化验结果的误读→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

misinterpret• Your friendliness could easily be misinterpreted.• Soares subsequently claimed that his remarks had been misinterpreted.• The £35,000-a-year ad rep told a London tribunal the detective misinterpreted his movements.• The conclusion at Geneva was to be misinterpreted, if not misunderstood, for years to come.• Some said voters might have misinterpreted innocent actions.• Too easy for audiences to misinterpret, it would have reasoned.• So in many ways misinterpreting the concept of core groups can be just as dangerous as ignoring their reality.• Delgado badly misinterpreted the statistics of the survey.• What happens if they misinterpret their programs?• A lot of people misinterpreted what I was saying, and have called me a racist.• Without recognising that knowledge of this kind is in play, we may misinterpret what is said about particular texts.

mis·in·ter·pret verbChineseSyllable  

to not something of the Corpus understand correct meaning

misinterpret
mis‧in‧ter‧pret AC /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprət, ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt $ -ɜːr-/ verb [transitive]
to not understand the correct meaning of something that someone says or does, or of facts that you are considering
   SYN  misread, misconstrue:
    Some parts of the report could be misinterpreted.
    misinterpret something as something
    She had misinterpreted his silence as anger.
—misinterpretation /ˌmɪsɪntɜːprəˈteɪʃən, ˌmɪsɪntɜːprɪˈteɪʃən $ -tɜːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]:
    a misinterpretation of the test results
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ misunderstand to think that someone means one thing, when in fact they mean something else: I think you've misunderstood what I'm saying. | Some companies appear to have misunderstood the new rules. | Don't misunderstand me - I have nothing against these people.
   ▪ get somebody/something wrong especially spoken to misunderstand someone or something - used especially in everyday spoken English: Looks like you've got it all wrong. | You've got me all wrong - that's not what I meant. | Tell me if I've got it wrong.
   ▪ mistake to misunderstand someone's intentions, and react in the wrong way: He was a very private man, and some people mistook this for unfriendliness. | I thought she wanted us to leave her alone, but I may been mistaken.
   ▪ misread/misjudge to wrongly believe that someone’s actions show that they have a particular opinion or feeling, or that a situation means that you should behave in particular way: The party completely misread the mood of the voters at the last election. | Eddie wondered if he should be scared, too. Maybe he had misjudged the situation.
   ▪ misinterpret to not understand the true meaning of someone’s actions or words, so that you believe something that is not in fact true: A lot of people misinterpreted what I was saying, and have called me a racist. | Struggling with an unfamiliar language, the simplest conversations were misinterpreted.
   ▪ misconstrue formal to misunderstand something that someone has said or done: She claimed that members of the press had misconstrued her comments.
   ▪ miss the point to not understand the main part or meaning of what someone is saying or what something is intended to do: I think you're missing the whole point of the film. | If he thinks it's all about how much profit he can make, then he's missing the point.
   ▪ get the wrong end of the stick British English informal to make a mistake about one part of something that you are told, so that you understand the rest of it in completely the wrong way: Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was leaving him, not the other way round.

mis·in·ter·pret AW BrE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they misinterpret BrE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it misinterprets BrE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪts/ 🔊past simple misinterpreted BrE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle misinterpreted BrE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form misinterpreting BrE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːprɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsɪnˈtɜːrprɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (as sth/doing sth) to understand sth/sb wrongly 误解；误释 SYN misconstrue, misread ◆His comments were misinterpreted as a criticism of the project. 他的评论被误解为对这个项目的批评。🔊🔊  ➡  compare interpret ▸ mis·in·ter·pret·ation AW BrE /ˌmɪsɪntɜːprɪˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsɪntɜːrprɪˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] ◆A number of these statements could be open to misinterpretation (= could be understood wrongly). 这些话有许多可能被误解。🔊🔊