misidentify怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音

英语单词:misidentify

意思翻译

misidentify

verb [ T ] (also mis-identify) uk/ˌmɪs.aɪˈden.tɪ.faɪ/ us/ˌmɪs.aɪˈden.t̬ə.faɪ/

将…误认为…

to wrongly say or think that someone or something is a particular person or thing

Their clients were misidentified as terrorists.

It is extremely easy to misidentify animals. 非常容易把一种动物误认为是另一种。

Some children mis-identify the root forms of words.

Related words: identify (RECOGNIZE)misidentification More examples

A story in Wednesday's paper misidentified his stepmother as his mother.

The article misidentified the town where the school is located.

The mine's location was misidentified in the caption.

Many of these murders were never investigated or were misidentified as accidental deaths.