Word
Fully loadedmisgive
使担心；使疑虑
suggest fear or doubt
- 1.
suggest fear or doubt
使担心；使疑虑；使害怕
使担心；使疑虑；使害怕；疑虑；使怀疑
In use
Her heart misgave her as she stepped onto the stage.
I hope nothing misgives you about our plan.
His confidence never misgave him during the trial.
sth misgives sb
常用结构，表示某事让某人产生怀疑或不安。
His heart misgave him.
他的内心感到不安。
sb's mind misgives sb
固定短语，表示某人心里担忧。
My mind misgives me about the outcome.
我对结果感到疑虑。
Verb forms
base misgive · third person misgives · -ing misgiving · past misgave · past participle misgiven
不规则动词，过去式与过去分词特殊变化。
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- my heart misgave me
- 我的内心感到不安；我不由得担心起来
- When I saw the dark clouds, my heart misgave me.看到乌云时，我的内心不由担忧起来。
- her mind misgave her
- 她心中起了疑虑；她感到不安
- Her mind misgave her when she heard the news.听到这个消息时，她心里起了疑虑。
- his courage misgave him
- 他失去了勇气；他胆怯起来
- At the crucial moment, his courage misgave him.在关键时刻，他胆怯了。
Idioms & figurative uses
- one's heart misgives one
- 某人心生疑虑；某人感到不安Her heart misgave her when the phone rang at midnight.午夜电话响起时，她心中一阵不安。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 mis-（错）和 give（给）联想：心里被‘给’进一丝‘错’的预感，于是担心、疑虑。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary narrative、formal essays、historical fiction misgive 通常用于正式或文学性较强的书面语，口语中很少见；常见于“my heart misgives me”这类表达。
Grammar Note
作及物动词时宾语常为表示怀疑或恐惧的对象；作不及物动词时主语常为心或预感
Pronunciation & Spelling
True rhymes with /-ɡɪv/: give /ɡɪv/, forgive /fərˈɡɪv/; the verb live /lɪv/ and relive /ˌriːˈlɪv/ also share the same stressed vowel + /v/. Beware lookalikes: missive /ˈmɪsɪv/ differs in stress and lacks /ɡ/; misgave (past of misgive) is /ˌmɪsˈɡeɪv/ and does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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