mistaken

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mis·tak·en /məˈsteɪkən/ adjectiveadj

1 be mistaken WRONG/INCORRECTif you are mistaken, you are wrong about something that you thought you knew or saw 搞错，弄错

It can’t have been my car. You must be mistaken.

那不可能是我的车，你一定弄错了。

I thought he said 12 o'clock, but I might have been mistaken.

我以为他说的是12点，但我有可能弄错了。

We bought the rug in Turkey, if I’m not mistaken.

如果我没弄错的话，我们是在土耳其买的这块地毯。

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if I’m not mistaken• I think there's mint in this sauce, if I'm not mistaken.

2 mistaken belief/idea/impression/view etc BELIEVE#a mistaken belief etc is not correct 错误的想法/信念/印象/观点等

Marijuana has few withdrawal effects, and this has given rise to the mistaken belief that it is not addictive.

大麻几乎没有脱瘾症状，这就让人们错误地认为它不会致瘾。

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mistaken belief/idea/impression/view etc• People have a mistaken idea about artists.• The foregoing paragraphs dispose, it is hoped, of some mistaken ideas as to the state and progress of sexuality in adulthood.• Such a deeply mistaken belief can only come from a citizen of a country with a disciplinarian attitude to politics.• The most mistaken idea is that you can Xerox people and somehow clone a fully grown adult.• This can give rise to the mistaken belief that cocaine is not an addictive drug.• Cannabis may have few immediate withdrawal effects and this again may give rise to the mistaken belief that it is not addictive.• A thin, friendly man, he often gave the mistaken impression that nothing was too much trouble.• That can lead to the mistaken impression that the principles do not fit businesses involved in services.

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mistaken• Schultz was afraid to say anything, fearing she might be mistaken.• A fifth mistaken approach is the facile assertion that opponents are being inconsistent.• Such a deeply mistaken belief can only come from a citizen of a country with a disciplinarian attitude to politics.• This can give rise to the mistaken belief that cocaine is not an addictive drug.• Adding to the energy level is Colin McCormack doubling at deceptive speed as two mistaken characters.• Further, the first two years are particularly flexible and structured to give reasonable opportunity for correcting mistaken choices.• Biographical reconstruction based on Thomas's tales and sketches can be a mistaken exercise.• Many people have the mistaken idea that AIDS cannot spread through heterosexual sex.• Pauline was under the mistaken impression that I didn't like her.• And by accepting it, the believer tacitly ignores the complex social mechanisms which uphold the mistaken logic.• I perceived that the orthodox view of Time, as gradually established in the Western world, was a mistaken one.

mis·tak·en adjectiveadj

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