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mis·con·strue /ˌmɪskənˈstruː/ verb [transitive] formal UNDERSTANDto misunderstand something that someone has said or done 误解 SYN misinterpret His behaviour could easily be misconstrued. 他的行为容易被误解。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmisconstrue• I wouldn't want it to be misconstrued.• Perversely, the sight set me to wondering if I had written anything that could be misconstrued.• The inherited mythology is garbled, and its guiding value lost or misconstrued.• But he insisted that some of his official acts have been deliberately misconstrued and deeply misunderstood.• It couldn t possibly be misconstrued as a cry for help.• You had a preconceived notion that our neighborhood had problems with diversity and therefore misconstrued comments to fit an agenda.• They knew, from day one, the possibility of causing offence and that their case would be misconstrued in the media.• When your overtures are misconstrued, the prudent course is sometimes to apologise and withdraw.mis·con·strue verbChineseSyllable misunderstand said that has to someone Corpus something |