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misunderstood

UK //ˌmɪsʌndəˈstʊd//US //ˌmɪsʌndərˈstʊd//

词源

来自中古英语,由mis-(错误)和understand(理解)组合而成,字面意思是'错误理解'。

adjective

❶ 指被误解或被错误理解的,常用来描述人或事物因缺乏足够信息而被他人错误解读的情况。

“She felt deeply misunderstood by her colleagues.”

(她感到自己被同事们深深误解了。)

“The artist's work was often misunderstood during his lifetime.”

(这位艺术家的作品在他生前经常被误解。)

同义词:misinterpreted, misconstrued, misjudged

verb

❶ misunderstand的过去式和过去分词形式,表示过去发生的误解行为。

“I misunderstood the instructions and made a mistake.”

(我误解了指示,犯了个错误。)

“They misunderstood each other's intentions.”

(他们彼此误解了对方的意图。)

同义词:misinterpreted, misread, mistook

常见短语

feel misunderstood — 感到被误解,描述一个人觉得他人没有正确理解自己的感受或想法。

“Creative people often feel misunderstood by conventional society.”

(有创造力的人常常感到被传统社会误解。)

be widely misunderstood — 被广泛误解,指某个概念或人物被大多数人错误理解。

“Einstein's theory of relativity was widely misunderstood at first.”

(爱因斯坦的相对论最初被广泛误解。)