To mishear is to catch the sound, but not the right words. The other person did speak; your ears — or the noise around you — just handed you a different sentence.

To mishear聽錯 is是 to catch the sound聽到了聲音, but但 not the right words卻沒聽到正確的字。The other person另一個人 did speak確實有說話; your ears你的耳朵 — or the noise around you或你周圍的噪音 — just handed you a different sentence剛好給了你一句不一樣的話。

You thought they said Tuesday when they said Thursday. You thought they called your name when they called someone else’s.

You你 thought they said以為對方說的是 Tuesday星期二 when實際上 they said Thursday他們說的是星期四。You你 thought they called your name以為他們叫的是你的名字 when實際上 they called someone else's他們叫的是別人的名字。

It is not the same as not hearing at all; that is missing the sound. Mishearing is hearing something and building the wrong picture from it.

It它 is not不 the same as跟...一樣 not hearing at all完全沒聽到; that那 is missing the sound是漏聽了聲音。Mishearing聽錯 is是 hearing something聽到了某個東西 and而 building the wrong picture from it從中建構出錯誤的畫面。

People say it all the time in ordinary talk: “Sorry, I misheard you.” It is friendly. It lets you fix a mix-up without making anyone look careless.

People人們 say it all the time在日常對話裡常常這麼說 in ordinary talk: "Sorry, I misheard you."「抱歉，我聽錯了」 It它 is friendly是一種友善的說法。It它 lets you讓你可以 fix a mix-up修正一個誤會 without making anyone look careless而不會讓任何人顯得粗心。

Though actually, we also mishear because we expected a certain word and our brain filled it in. The past is misheard.

Though actually其實, we我們 also mishear也會聽錯 because因為 we expected a certain word我們預期會聽到某個字 and而 our brain filled it in我們的大腦就自己補上去了。The past過去式 is是 misheard misheard。