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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /mɪsapɹɪˈhɛnd/
• 韻: -ɛnd

動詞

misapprehend (third-person singular simple present misapprehends, present participle misapprehending, simple past and past participle misapprehended)

1. (transitive) To interpret incorrectly; to misunderstand.
   • 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 139:

     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.

   • 2007, Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes, Penguin, published 2008, page xv:

     They misapprehended the intentions and capabilities of our enemies, miscalculated the strength of communism, and misjudged the threat of terrorism.