misnomer

n.使用不恰当(或不准确)的名称; 用词不当

复数：misnomers

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。

柯林斯词典

N-COUNT 用词不当;使用不当的名称;误称If you say that a word or name is a misnomer, you mean that it describes something incorrectly.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。

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。

英英释义

noun

an incorrect or unsuitable name