动词 (v.) 误解,曲解;错误地理解某人的话语、行为或意图。
/ˌmɪskənˈstruː/
She misconstrued his silence as anger, but he was simply tired.
她误以为他的沉默是生气,但他只是累了。
The ambassador's remarks were widely misconstrued by the press, leading to a diplomatic incident that took weeks to resolve.
大使的言论被媒体广泛曲解,引发了一场耗时数周才平息的外交事件。
该词源于中古英语,由前缀 mis-(错误地)与 construe(解释、理解)组合而成。construe 本身来自拉丁语 construere,意为"建构、组合",最初用于指语法上的句子分析与翻译。到了14世纪左右,misconstrue 开始被用来表示"错误地解读或曲解"某事物的含义。