misjudge

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mis·judge /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  1  to form a wrong or unfair opinion about a person or a situation 对〔人或情况〕判断错误 The government misjudged the mood of the electorate. 政府错误地判断了选民的情绪。 I think you’ve misjudged her. 我想你是错看她了。2  to guess an amount or distance wrongly 错误推测，错误估计〔数量或距离〕 SYN miscalculate I misjudged the speed of the car coming towards me. 我判断错了对面来车的速度。 —misjudgment (also misjudgement British English) noun [countable, uncountable] He accused the government of a serious foreign policy misjudgement. 他指责政府在外交政策上出现严重的判断错误。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

misjudge• But she misjudged and slipped over the edge.• As it happens, I misjudged Kip and his whereabouts.• The more I think about it, the more I persuade myself that I've misjudged little Selina.• He'd misjudged Paula, he realised.• Automakers misjudged the American consumer when they stopped making convertibles.• In fact, the US generals had seriously misjudged the determination and endurance of the North Vietnamese.• I misjudged the distance to the turnstile and slammed into it.• Half the time I missed, misjudging the eccentric rotation of the bag and hurting my wrists.• He had misjudged the situation, and if he had added to his problems, it was his own fault.• It's easy to misjudge the speed of a car heading toward you.• But he had misjudged the speed of his descent.• Louisa saw that she had misjudged this woman.• I'm sorry -- it seems I've misjudged you.

mis·judge verbChineseSyllable  

to form or opinion about unfair wrong a Corpus

misjudge
mis‧judge /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ verb [transitive]
1. to form a wrong or unfair opinion about a person or a situation:
    The government misjudged the mood of the electorate.
    I think you’ve misjudged her.
2. to guess an amount or distance wrongly
   SYN  miscalculate:
    I misjudged the speed of the car coming towards me.
—misjudgment (also misjudgement British English) noun [uncountable and countable]:
    He accused the government of a serious foreign policy misjudgement.
     

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·judgeBrE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they misjudge BrE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it misjudges BrE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪz/ 🔊past simple misjudged BrE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/ 🔊past participle misjudged BrE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒd/ 🔊 -ing form misjudging BrE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ sb/sth | ~ how, what, etc.… to form a wrong opinion about a person or situation, especially in a way that makes you deal with them or it unfairly 形成错误认识；错看◆She now realizes that she misjudged him. 她现在意识到她错看了他。🔊🔊~ sth | ~ how long, how far, etc.… to estimate sth such as time or distance wrongly 对（时间、距离等）判断错误◆He misjudged the distance and his ball landed in the lake. 他对距离判断错误，使球落到了湖里。🔊🔊▸ mis·judge·ment BrE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ 🔊 (also mis·judg·ment) noun [countable, uncountable]