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To misrepresent someone or something is to give a wrong picture of it, and the usual charge is that you did it on purpose — you made their opinion, or the situation, look other than it is. This is a serious, rather formal word.
To misrepresent someone or something misrepresent某人或某事 is to give a wrong picture of it就是把它呈現成錯誤的樣子，and the usual charge is that you did it on purpose而且通常被指控是故意這麼做的——you made their opinion, or the situation, look other than it is你把對方的意見或情況說得跟實際不一樣。This這 is a serious, rather formal word是個嚴肅、相當正式的字
Lawyers and politicians use it. You can misrepresent a person’s views (make them sound crueler than they were), misrepresent the facts (leave out the part that spoils your case), or misrepresent yourself (pretend you are qualified when you are not).
Lawyers and politicians律師和政治人物 use it會用這個字。You can misrepresent a person’s views你可以misrepresent一個人的看法 (make them sound crueler than they were)（讓對方聽起來比實際更殘忍），misrepresent the facts或misrepresent事實 (leave out the part that spoils your case)（漏掉對你不利的那部分），or misrepresent yourself或misrepresent自己 (pretend you are qualified when you are not)（假裝自己有資格，其實沒有）
Though actually, in ordinary talk people sometimes use it for any unfair picture, even a one. In law the related noun is wider still: not every misrepresentation in a contract is a planned lie. The verb you are learning here still carries that taste of “you twisted it.”
Though actually不過事實上，in ordinary talk在日常對話裡 people sometimes use it for any unfair picture有時候大家會拿這個字泛指任何不公平的描述，even a clumsy one就算只是笨拙的描述也一樣。In law在法律上 the related noun相關的名詞 is wider still範圍還更廣：not every misrepresentation in a contract不是合約裡每個misrepresentation is a planned lie都是刻意的謊言。The verb you are learning here你在這裡學的這個動詞 still carries that taste of “you twisted it.”仍然帶著「你把它扭曲了」的味道
組成mis- (wrongly) + represent (to show, stand for, or speak for something).
同家族的字
- representthe same stem without mis-; to show or speak for something
- representationthe noun for a picture or account of something
- misrepresentationthe noun for a wrong or unfair account
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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。
misrepresentverb/ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/
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To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
- The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.
- Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。