professional person XIR; 2i A ^ ; It X A : a doctor accused of gross misconduct (= very serious misconduct) l$j$A2tX?Rft EX 0 professional miscon­duct      2 bad management of a company, etc. H

JfAit: misconduct of the company’s financial affairs

misconstruction /.miskan'strAkJn/ noun [U, C] (formal) a completely wrong understanding of sth

mmmM; im

miscon strue /.miskan'stru:/ verb [VN] ~ sth (as sth) (formal) to understand sb’s words or actions wrongly fl# ( X A ft W ff )       misinterpret : It is easy to

misconstrue confidence as arrogance. fllWJIfA

MM,

miscount /.mis'kaunt/ verb to count sth wrongly £0: [VN] The votes had been miscounted.

[also V]

miscreant /'miskriant/ noun (literary) a person who has done sth wrong or illegal (ijfe^lft A; Ai£Al£ mis deed /.mis'dird/ noun [usually pi.] {formal) a bad or evil act AXilA SEJ wrongdoing mis de mean our (BrE) (NAmE mis de meanor) /.misdi- 'miina(r)/ noun 1 (formal) an action that is bad or unacceptable, but not very serious A1E ^ ftfrX; A1& ftfrX: youthful misdemeanours ASAft^#llTX

2                  (especially NAmE, law W) a crime that is not con­sidered to be very serious — compare felony

mis diag nose /mis'daiagnauz; NAmE -nouz/ verb [VN] ~ sth (as sth) to give an explanation of the nature of an illness or a problem that is not correct i#; ft ig XI ®r: Her depression was misdiagnosed as stress. Mft#H$ SEMi£iAXJi^'Jfco ► misdiag-nosis /.misdaiag'naosis; NAmE -'nou-/ noun (pi. mis-diagnoses /-si:z/) misdial /.mis'daial/ verb (-II-, NAmE -I-) [V, VN] to call the wrong telephone number by mistake  )

misdir ect /.misda'rekt; -dai'rekt/ verb [VN] 1 [usually passive] to use sth in a way that is not appropriate to a particular situation $]; {<£ ft A ^ : Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.   Jl

Aft^XA£ftftf^7o 2 to send sb/sth in the wrong direction or to the wrong place ft £0 X [ft; ft ; iilli

3                  (law W) (of a judge XHD to give a jury (= the group of people who decide if sb is guilty of a crime) wrong information about the law , ftilcfaM ( Pq AfJI )

► mis dir ec tion /.misda'rekfn; -dai'rek-/ noun [U]

mise en scene /.mi:z Dn 'sen; NAmE a:n/ noun [sing.] (from French) 1 the arrangement of scenery, furniture, etc. used on the stage for a play in the theatre fc; S^II2 (formal) the place or scene where an event takes place A X X ; M ^ : Venice provided the mise-en-scene for the conference. J^/hMJiiEXzHgft fib^o

miser /'maiza(r)/ noun (disapproving) a person who loves money and hates spending it    XM#2

mis er able /'mizrabl/ adj. 1 very unhappy or uncom­fortable ij^ft; «$gft; Bj'ltft: We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable. fH 1X X S.,   $2

T o 0 Don’t look so miserable! #ij—gij p£| A7 ft#7!

0                  She knows how to make life miserable for her

employees. £P il #P {ft ^ M M ft ^ 0 2 making you feel very unhappy or uncomfortable    ; {£ Aff

1                  w ; A A A ^ (ft H771 DEPRESSING : miserable

housing conditions spent a miserable

weekend alone at home. ft —Aft!2!£:ii7“'A'l#X

o What a miserable day (= cold and wet)/ ^ E 3?: ft —-A BJf! 0 The play was a miserable failure. & iff S'] M A ft- M ft A o 3 [only before noun] (disap­proving) (of a person A) always unhappy, bad-tempered and unfriendly AM ft; PTifll grumpy : He

was a miserable old devil. jteiflAAARMft^^flCo

4                  too small in quantity A A (ft ; A % ft '1$ ft 0323 paltry : How can anyone live on such a miserable wage? SEAftl^itAiSEM1^? ► miserably /-abli/ adv.: They wandered around miserably. {tMH ft'Nr XX

A0 0 a miserably cold day AAASft^lf AH o He failed miserably as an actor. ff     , life ft IS

'l#0 ITSTTCI see sin n.

miserly /'maizali; NAmE -arli/ adj. (disapproving) 1 (of a person A) hating to spend money X#ft; A Aft En71 mean 2 (of a quantity or amount Wilt) too small ® A ft; A Aft 0023 paltry

mis ery /'mizari/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 [u] great suffering of the mind or body  H771 distress: Fame

brought her nothing but misery. £

5                  [U] very poor living conditions X ® M1# ft X M Em poverty: The vast majority of the population lives in utter misery. &MftA*ftA£$XM£lM^®;7X0

6                  [C] something that causes great suffering of mind or body A A ft W; fil "g ft ♦: the miseries of unemploy­ment ^iftlS1 4 [C] (6rf, informal) a person who is always unhappy and complaining X A IS ft A; A j& ft A: Don’t be such an old misery!

7! i™ make sb’s life a 'misery to behave in a way that makes sb else feel very unhappy   it A

put an animal, a bird, etc. out of its 'misery to kill a creature because it has an illness or injury that cannot be treated   put sb

out of their 'misery (informal) to stop sb worrying by telling them sth that they are anxious to know (

) f^l^^AftttJEt: Put me out of my misery—did I pass or didn’t I? £mitfS#m7     $&AAf&?

misfile /.mis'fail/ verb [VN] to put away a document in the wrong place Hit (    ) : The missing letter had

been misfiled. &A#ft»ft$i§i&A7o

misfire /,mis’faia(r)/ verb [V] 1 (of a plan or joke if j<ij %\$) to fail to have the effect that you had intended A ; A      HE1 go wrong 2 (also miss) (of

an engine X zft til) to not work correctly because the petrol/gas does not bum at the right time A ^ ^; fT AW A 3 (of a gun, etc. ffc^) to fail to send out a bullet, etc. when fired AXA; If A ft 7# — compare back- fire(2)

misfit /'misfit/ noun a person who is not accepted by a particular group of people, especially because their behaviour or their ideas are very different ^f]ApA Aft A; frA ('&H& ) ##ft A: a social misfit £*&*&AAftA

misfor tune /.mis'foitjuin; NAmE -'foirtj-/ noun 1 [U] bad luck ]eS; AA: He has known great misfortune in his life. jife-A       Aft A^0 0 We had the

misfortune to run into a violent storm. $71A A if ill 7 SMftliMMo 2 [C] an unfortunate accident, condition or event 7$ft>ft ( ^c'tf U, W# ) : She bore her misfortunes bravely. MJI^l&T^AAftiSiiio H771

BLOW, DISASTER

mis-giv-ing /.mis'giviq/ noun [C, usually pi., U] ~ about sth/about doing sth feelings of doubt or anxiety about what might happen, or about whether or not sth is the right thing to do !if /,& ; I® )M : I had grave misgivings about making the trip.

0 I read the letter with a sense of misgiving. $ W 71$ if

mis-govern /.mis'gAvn; NAmE -'gAvarn/ verb [VN] to govern a country or state badly or unfairly A ( MM ) fa21 A# (         ) ► mis-gov-ern-ment/.mis’gAvan-

mant; NAmE -'gAvarn-/ noun [U]

mis guided /.mis'gaidid/ adj. wrong because you have understood or judged a situation badly ( @2Ii?£$;£iJ®r Xiic ) lilISft HE! inappropriate: She only did it in a misguided attempt to help. MillciHt:, RHiffi&A)*!' Ao ► mis-guided ly adv.

mis-handle /.mis'haendl/ verb [VN] 1 to deal badly with a problem or situation 31A ^ H771 mismanage : The entire campaign had been badly mishandled. SIAM 2 to touch or treat sb/sth in a rough and careless way      : The equipment

could be dangerous if mishandled.     A^

► mis-hand-ling noun [U]: the government’s mishandling of the economy

mis hap /'mishaep/ noun [C, U] a small accident or piece of bad luck that does not have serious results AAA&;

: a slight mishap /J\/b ft A A 0 a series of mishaps