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Misleading

發佈時間: 2020/03/18

Misleading

不要再說這次肺炎只是較嚴重的流感!即使死亡率不高,感染人數眾多時,死亡人數之高仍會很可怕。而且單看死亡率是非常誤導(misleading),因為可能需要數個月的治療才能康復,又或者肺部受損,終身需要限制活動水平。

見到misleading一字的字首mis-,就知道它與mistaken、wrong、incorrect(錯誤、不正確)有關。Misleading即是wrongly lead(錯誤引導),指「誤導的」,發出錯誤的想法或印象,使人相信不正確的信息。常用句式It would be misleading to say that...(說……會使人誤解)。例如︰It would be misleading to say that COVID-19 is just a nasty case of flu.(說COVID-19只是嚴重的流感,會使人誤解。)It would be misleading to say that the fatality rate is the yardstick of the seriousness of COVID-19.(說死亡率是COVID-19嚴重性的衡量標準是誤導。)

不要-ing,可以將misleading變成動詞mislead。常用句式to mislead somebody about something(在某事上誤導某人)。例句︰Saying the new coronavirus is just like flu will mislead people about the seriousness of COVID-19.(說新冠狀病毒就像流感會誤導人們COVID-19的嚴重性。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

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