misapprehend

动词 v.
/mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand. transitive
    — I define white as a social category, not a racial category. Of course, it carries unmistakable racial meanings, but as I have argued in this book, to see it as racial and nothing more is to misapprehend it.

词形变化

misapprehends present,singular,third-person misapprehending participle,present misapprehended participle,past misapprehended past

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English apprehend
English misapprehend
From mis- + apprehend.
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