misrepresentation

/ˌmɪsˌreprɪzenˈteɪʃn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌmɪsˌreprɪzenˈteɪʃn/ (ame, ipa)

misrepresentation — 名詞

  • misrepresentationsingular
  • misrepresentationsplural

1. a statement or description that gives a wrong idea about somebody or something o

1.名詞C1
釋義

不實陳述

刻意給出錯誤印象的說法或行為

a statement or description that gives a wrong idea about somebody or something on purpose, or the act of doing this — for example, a company saying its product is safe when tests have already shown it is not.

例句

The court found that the seller's misrepresentation of the car's history had misled the buyer.

法院認定，賣方對車輛來歷的不實陳述誤導了買方。

misrepresentation of [thing] — typical pattern in legal contexts

Hana refused to sign the contract after she spotted several misrepresentations of the company's profits.

Hana 在發現合約中有好幾項對公司獲利的不實陳述後，便拒絕簽字。

countable: 'several misrepresentations'

同義詞
  • distortion

    emphasises that the truth has been twisted out of shape; slightly less formal.

  • falsification

    stronger; suggests deliberately faking records or evidence.

  • mischaracterisation

    softer; often used when the speaker labels someone's words or actions unfairly rather than inventing facts.

反義詞

文法句型

misrepresentation of [something]

a misrepresentation of [something]

用法筆記

Frequently appears in legal, journalistic, and academic contexts; subject is usually a person, company, or report that has shaped how another party understands a fact. Object of 'of' is typically the thing being misrepresented (a person's words, a product, a situation).

常見錯誤

❌The agent did a misrepresentation about the flat's size.
✅The agent made a misrepresentation about the flat's size.
💡collocate with 'make', not 'do'.
❌It was a misrepresentation about the company.
✅It was a misrepresentation of the company.
💡use 'of' to introduce what is being misrepresented; 'about' sounds odd.