- 1/məˈsteɪkən/ · /mɪˈsteɪkən/弄錯的、誤解的
Mistaken means wrong about something, based on a false belief — usually said gently, without blaming anyone too much. "You are mistaken" is a polite way to say "you're wrong." "Mistaken identity" is a common phrase for when someone is confused with a different person.
示範例句 · Example
It can't have been my car — you must be mistaken.
逐字那不可能是我的車——你一定是搞錯了。
常見搭配
if I'm not mistaken
如果我沒記錯的話
said when you think you remember something correctly but are not sure
That's her brother, if I'm not mistaken.
you must be mistaken
你一定是搞錯了
a polite way to tell someone they are wrong about something
I never signed that form — you must be mistaken.
be badly/sadly mistaken
大錯特錯
to be very wrong about something
If they expect an easy game, they are badly mistaken.
might have been mistaken
可能記錯了
used to admit that what you remember may not be right
I thought the shop closed at six, but I might have been mistaken.
core核心畫面
組成From "mistake" + "-en" — the form describing something or someone that has been wrongly understood.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mistakenadj/mɪˈsteɪkn̩/
- 1
Erroneous.
- A mistaken sense of loyalty.
- The statement also recognised that Eta’s “mistakes or mistaken decisions” had led to the deaths of people who had nothing to do with the conflict, both in the Basque country and beyond.
- 2
Having an incorrect belief.
- I think you must be (very) much mistaken.
- He admitted he was mistaken about the budget numbers.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。