misnomer
GRE,1
英[mɪs'nəʊmə]
|美[,mɪs'nomɚ]
日语:誤称
法语:terme abusif
德语:Fehlbezeichnung
韩语:그릇된 명칭
俄语:nombre equivocado
牛津词典
noun
- 使用不恰当(或不准确)的名称;用词不当
a name or a word that is not appropriate or accurate
- ‘Villa’ was something of a misnomer ; the place was no more than an old farmhouse.
“别墅”一说有点不妥,那地方只不过是座旧农舍。
词形变化
双语例句
- Herbal 'tea' is something of a misnomer because these drinks contain no tea at all.
花草“茶”是一个误称,因为这类饮料里面根本不含茶。
- Moreover, the term mobile shopping is somewhat of a misnomer.
此外,所谓移动购物的说法并不准确。
- However, this is a misnomer because the option only copies the window layouts and working sets and not things like colors of syntax highlighting, font-size templates, etc.
但是,这种说法并不正确,因为该选项只复制窗口布局和工作集,而不复制语法高亮显示的颜色、字体大小模板等内容。
- Note: Pre-compiled software packages are usually called "binaries," although this is something of a misnomer.
注:预先编译的软件包通常称为“二进制文件”,尽管这不很贴切。
- Calling ZFS a file system is a bit of a misnomer, as it is much more than that in the traditional sense.
将ZFS称为文件系统有点名不副实,因为它在传统意义上不仅仅是个文件系统。
- This is a common misconception, and indeed a misnomer: spuriously commented code is documented, but by a developer, not by the code itself.
这是一个普遍的误解,而且这确实是一个错误:伪造的评论代码是文件ed,但是是由开发员写成,而不是代码本身。
- Problem may even be a misnomer.
用问题这个词甚至都可能不恰当。
- Specialist was a misnomer; genius was a far more accurate description of that young scientist.
对那位年轻科学家,专家一词远不足以形容他的出色,用天才来描述要准确得多。
- Again if it were not for, may be his misnomer, ah.
再要不是,就可能是他用词不当,呵呵。
- That is why the term "inflation targeting" is somewhat of a misnomer because it does not mean the central bank should try to hit the target over a fixed horizon.
这就是“通胀目标”一词为何有些用词不当的原因,因为它并不意味着,央行应努力在固定期限内达到这一目标。
- Villa is perhaps a misnomer for such a large house.
把这么一所大房子叫成别墅也许不合适。
- Therefore, it is a misnomer to call them attachments;
因此,称这些图像和文件为附加装置是不妥当的;
- It's something of a misnomer to refer to these inexperienced boys as soldiers.
用“军人”来指这些没有经验的孩子有点用词不当。
- The World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday that the name swine flu is a misnomer as the deadly virus has origins among birds and humans as well as pigs.
世界动物卫生组织于本周一称,“猪流感”的说法不够恰当,因为这种致命性病毒的源头不仅存在于猪体内,还存在于禽类和人体内。
- These days even the term programme is often a misnomer.
如今,就连说“学期课程”都常常属于用词不当。
- Actually, "Underground" is a misnomer, because more than half the shops are above ground.
实际上,地下这个名称用之不当,因为半数以上的店铺是在地面上的。
- But Mr Green stressed he would work full-time and dismissed the concept of non-executive chairmen as a misnomer.
不过,葛霖强调自己会担任全职工作,并把非执行董事长的概念斥为用词不当。
- Copy and Paste Class – This is a bit of a misnomer as it copies all the classes in a specific project item.
复制和粘贴类(CopyandPasteClass)&这或许有些名不副实,因为它可以在一个特定的项目文件中复制所有的类。
- It's sort of a misnomer since it actually means that those are the bytes that the signer is going to sign and not the bytes that already include a signature.
上面的说法(整个证书如同signedCertificate所示)说有点用词不当,因为证书的实际含义是签名者将要进行签名的部分,而不是已经包含了签名信息的字节。
- An inadvertent misnomer or misdescription of a person, place, lease or tenement in a document required under this Ordinance does not invalidate the document.
在根据本条例所规定的文件中,对任何人、地方、租契或物业单位的无心误称或错误说明并不使该文件失效。
- In this respect, the NIC adds, speaking of the the international order may become something of a misnomer.
美国国家情报委员会补充称,从这点来看,谈论国际秩序可能有些用词不当。
- This name is a misnomer and has inevitably gained a negative connotation.
暗池这个名称用词不当,不可避免地产生了负面含义。
- For Milton Friedman calling the business cycle a "cycle" is a misnomer, because of its non-cyclical nature.
米尔顿弗里德曼,要求对商业周期的“循环”是用词不当,因为它的非周期特性。
- To call it a hotel is a misnomer& it was more like a prison!
称它作旅馆是用词不当它更象一座监狱!
- Third, the term "exit strategy" may be a misnomer.
第三,“退市计划”这一说法或用词不当。
- Look dispassionately at Japan's economic performance over the past ten years, though, and "the second lost decade", if not the first, is a misnomer.
即便第一个“失去的十年”名副其实,冷静地看待过去的十多年日本的经济表现,“第二个失去的十年”则是一个名不副实的说法。
- We also pointed out that dolphin-kicking is a misnomer.
我们同时指出,所谓的海豚式踢腿“Dolphin-Kicking”是一条错误的用词。
- The term Style is a bit of a misnomer, since these conventions cover far more than just source file formatting.
用风格这个词来描述不是很准确,因为这些规范覆盖的内容远远超过了源代码的格式。
- This Implementation capability is a bit of a misnomer as it mixes the pertinent "Service Loose Coupling" principle with the "Service posability" principle.
这个实现能力的命名并不妥当,因为它混合了相关的“服务松耦合”原则和“服务可组合性”原则。
语源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, from the Old French verb mesnommer, from mes-wrongly + nommerto name (based on Latin nomenname)