Word · Frequency #19941
misstate
说错；误述
state something incorrectly
- 1.
To make a statement that is in error, inadvertently; to say (something) incorrectly, through a slip of the tongue.
无意中做出错误陈述；因口误说错话。
无意中做出错误陈述；因口误说错话。；说错；作虚伪叙述
In use
The report misstates the number of students who passed the exam.
He misstated his age on the form, but the mistake was soon noticed.
Please be careful not to misstate the facts during the interview.
misstate something
misstate 是及物动词，直接接宾语，不用介词。
The article misstated the company's revenue.
这篇文章误报了公司的收入。
misstate + wh-clause
可以用 what 等疑问词引导的从句作宾语。
He misstated what the report actually said.
他错误地陈述了报告实际所说的内容。
be misstated (passive)
被动语态很常用，主语是被说错的信息。
The figures were misstated in the annual report.
这些数字在年度报告中被误述。
Verb forms
base misstate · third person misstates · -ing misstating · past misstated · past participle misstated
规则动词：misstate – misstates – misstating – misstated – misstated；及物动词，后接宾语。
Common mistakes
He misstated in his report.He misstated the facts in his report.
misstate 是及物动词，必须直接跟宾语，表示“说错的内容”，不能像不及物动词那样单独使用；补上 the facts 后句子才完整。
The report contains a misstate.The report contains a misstatement.
misstate 是动词，不能直接用作名词；表示“错误陈述、误述”这个行为或结果时，应用名词形式 misstatement。
He misstated about the company's earnings.He misstated the company's earnings.
misstate 是直接及物动词，后面不接介词 about；其宾语应为被说错的内容，即 the company's earnings。
Connections
Collocations
- misstate the facts
- 误述事实
- The report misstated the facts about the incident.这份报告对事件的事实陈述有误。
- misstate the law
- 错误地陈述法律
- The judge misstated the law in her instructions.法官在指示中错误地陈述了法律。
- misstate one's position
- 误述立场
- She misstated her position on the issue during the interview.她在采访中说错了自己在这个问题上的立场。
- misstate the figures
- 报错数字
- The CEO misstated the figures in the quarterly report.首席执行官在季度报告中把数字说错了。
- deliberately misstate
- 故意误述
- He deliberately misstated the company's profits.他故意虚报了公司利润。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
mis-（错）+ state（陈述）= 说错；记住“错误地陈述（state）”就是误述。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式报告、法律文书、新闻稿 misstate 是正式用词，通常用于正式写作或法律、新闻等需要精确表述的场合，表示“说错”或“误述”。日常口语中比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with the stressed syllable /steɪt/ of misstate: state, estate, late, wait, weight. Beware that devastate ends in the same -state spelling but has stress on the first syllable (/ˈdevəsteɪt/), so it 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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.