misconceive

动词 v.
/ˌmɪskənˈsiːv/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To misunderstand.
    — 1694, William Congreve, The Double-Dealer Nay, misconceive me not, madam, when I say I have had a gen'rous and a faithful passion, which you had never favoured, but through revenge and policy.
  2. To judge or plan badly, typically on the basis of faulty misunderstanding.
    — HS2 has never had that. It was missold, misnamed and misconceived. It was promoted as a piece of engineering, rather than as a vital part of the railway.

词形变化

misconceives present,singular,third-person misconceiving participle,present misconceived participle,past misconceived past

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English misconceiven, equivalent to mis- + conceive.
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