misstage

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To stage improperly.
    — The lower end of each movable sleeve incorporates a flow control orifice plate to prevent rapid misstaging due to improper packing adjustment.
  2. To stage improperly.; To assess incorrectly as belonging to a different stage than is actually the case
    — In the tumors that were misstaged, most errors occurred between stages T2 (overstaging) and T3 (understaging); in terms of therapeutic considerations, this distinction is more critical than that between stages T1 and T2.
  3. To stage improperly.; To stage (a performance) badly.
    — But Schneider has wantonly misstaged Lucky's monologue: instead of a recitation by rote of a travestied history of Western philosophy and religion that gradually disintegrates into chaos, we get a choppy set of starts and stops, as of a jalopy that cannot get into proper gear.

词形变化

misstages present,singular,third-person misstaging participle,present misstaged participle,past misstaged past

词源

From mis- + stage.
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