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mislead

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mis·lead /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle misled /-ˈled/) [transitive]  TRICK/DECEIVEto make someone believe something that is not true by giving them information that is false or not complete 引入歧途,误导mislead somebody about/over something Politicians have misled the public over the dangers of these chemicals. 政客们在这些化学品的危险性问题上误导了民众。 Don’t be misled by appearances, he’s a good worker. 不要被表象迷惑,他工作干得挺不错的。mislead somebody into believing/thinking etc something Don’t be misled into thinking that scientific research is easy. 不要受人误导,以为搞科学研究很容易。→ See Verb table
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misleadThe report is a deliberate and obvious attempt to mislead.Agents are accused of misleading clients into signing up for savings plans that were actually insurance policies.They were accused of misleading customers about the nutritional value of their product.She had just assumed ... She had assumed rather a lot, it seemed - or perhaps Caro had deliberately misled her?Statements by officials, including some made by ministers in Parliament, have been used too often to mislead in connection with Ulster affairs.I can assure you there was no intention to mislead our insurers.Livingstone says there was no attempt to intentionally mislead the public.mislead somebody into believing/thinking etc somethingBut some critics claim that re-creations mislead the viewer into thinking he or she is watching a recording of the real thing.I would not want to mislead anyone into thinking that research is easy: it is hard and very time consuming work.It misleads one into thinking that a person is somehow divorced from his body, a disembodied observer of it.
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mislead
mislead /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ verb (past tense and past participle misled /-ˈled/) [transitive]
to make someone believe something that is not true by giving them information that is false or not complete
    mislead somebody about/over something
    Politicians have misled the public over the dangers of these chemicals.
    Don’t be misled by appearances, he’s a good worker.
    mislead somebody into believing/thinking etc something
    Don’t be misled into thinking that scientific research is easy.


mis·leadBrE /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they mislead BrE /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈliːd/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it misleads BrE /ˌmɪsˈliːdz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈliːdz/ 🔊past simple misled BrE /ˌmɪsˈled/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈled/ 🔊past participle misled BrE /ˌmɪsˈled/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈled/ 🔊 -ing form misleading BrE /ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌmɪsˈliːdɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb (about sth) | ~ sb (into doing sth) to give sb the wrong idea or impression and make them believe sth that is not true 误导;引入歧途;使误信 SYN deceive He deliberately misled us about the nature of their relationship. 关于他们究竟是什么关系,他故意给我们留下错误印象。🔊🔊