misbehaving
【考法】 adj. 调皮的，行为不端的： engaging in or marked by childish misbehavior
【例】 a new approach for disciplining a chronically misbehaving child 一个教育调皮小孩的新方法
【近】 annoying, devious, errant, impish, mischievous, naughty, playful, wicked
【反】 decorous, urbane 举止得体的
mischievous
【考法 1】 adj. 调皮的，调皮的： playful in a naughty or teasing way
【例】 The mischievous child broke the vase. 调皮的孩子打碎了花瓶
【近】 annoying, devious, errant, impish, misbehaving, naughty, playful, wicked
【反】 decorous, urbane 举止得体的
【考法 2】 adj. 有害的： causing harm or trouble
【例】 mischievous rumors that defame him 恶意中伤他的谣言
【近】 adverse, baleful, baneful, deleterious, detrimental, evil, hurtful, injurious, nocuous, noxious, pernicious
【反】 beneficial 有益的；anodyne, benign, harmless, innocent, innocuous, inoffensive, safe 无害的
misconstrue
【考法 1】 vt. 误解，曲解： to mistake the meaning of
【例】 An outsider might misconstrue the nature of the phenomenon. 局外者可能会曲解这个现象的本质
【近】 garble, misapprehend, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, misrepresent, mistake
【反】 appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, fathom, grasp, perceive, savvy, seize, understand 获知
miscreant
【考法 1】 n. 恶棍，罪犯： one who behaves criminally or viciously
【例】 robbed by a bunch of miscreants 遭到了一伙歹徒的抢劫
【近】 brute, culprit, devil, felon, fiend, offender, rascal, reprobate, villain
【反】 cavalier, chevalier （尤指对女士）彬彬有礼的绅士
misdemeanor
【考法 1】 n. 轻罪： a crime less serious than a felony
【例】 charged with several misdemeanors 被指控几项轻罪
【近】 infraction, infringement, offense, peccadillo, violation
【反】 felony 重罪
miserly
【考法 1】 adj. 吝啬的： marked by grasping meanness and penuriousness
【例】 a miserly couple devoid of social conscience and responsibility 一对没有社会良心和责任感的吝啬夫妻
【近】 closefisted, mean, niggard, parsimonious, penurious, stingy, tightfisted
【反】 lavish, prodigal, spendthrift, squandering 浪费的；generous, liberal, munificent, openhanded 慷慨的
【派】 miser n. 守财奴
misfortune
【考法 1】 n. 不幸： bad fortune or ill luck
【例】 unable to grasp why he had been struck by such a misfortune 无法理解他为何会遇上如此不幸之事
【近】 adversity, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, ill, mischance, mishap, tragedy
【反】 fortune, luck, serendipity 幸事
misgiving
【考法 1】 n. 担忧，疑虑： a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event
【例】 No one can dispel his misgiving. 没有人能打消他的疑虑
【近】 apprehension, distrust, doubt, dread, fear, foreboding, incertitude, skepticism, suspicion
【反】 assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust 信心
mishap
【考法 1】 n. 不幸之事： an unfortunate accident
【例】 Mishap followed wherever he went. 不论他走到哪里，厄运总是形影相随
【近】 adversity, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, ill, mischance, misfortune, tragedy
【反】 fortune, luck, serendipity 幸事
misrepresent
【考法 1】 vt. 误传，篡改： to give an incorrect or misleading representation of
【例】 misrepresent the facts 篡改事实真相
【近】 belie, color, distort, falsify, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misstate, pervert
【反】 clarify, explain, illuminate, illustrate 澄清，阐明
【派】 misrepresentation n. 篡改