misquote

[英] [mɪsˈkwəʊt] [美] [mɪsˈkwot] 生词本

vt.

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

1. VERB 错误地引用;误引 If someone is misquoted, something that they have said or written is repeated incorrectly. 
  • He claimed that he had been misquoted and he threatened to sue the magazine for libel...

    他声称自己的话被错误地引用,并威胁说要以诽谤罪起诉这家杂志。

  • The case was brought by a psychoanalyst who says a journalist misquoted him in a series of magazine articles.

    这起官司是由一位心理分析学家起诉的,他声称一名记者发表在杂志上面的一系列文章里错误地引用了他的话。

Verb

1. quote incorrectly;

  • "He had misquoted the politician"