名词

1. 误解;误会
A misunderstanding is a failure to understand something properly, for example a situation or a person's remarks.

2. 分歧;不和;争执
You can refer to a disagreement or slight quarrel as a misunderstanding .

1. an understanding of something that is not correct

e.g. he wasn't going to admit his mistake
make no mistake about his intentions
there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister

Synonym: mistakemisapprehension

2. putting the wrong interpretation on

e.g. his misinterpretation of the question caused his error
there was no mistaking her meaning

Synonym: misinterpretationmistaking