断章取义 meaning in English
interpret out of context; garble a statement; make a deliberate misinterpretation out of context; quote a remark out of its context (and leave out the main point) 短语和例子
Examples
- His heart bled over certain phrases taken out of context .
这几句断章取义的话好像很伤他的心。 - Unfriendly investigators have failed to unearth any evidence that, even taken out of context, would prove otherwise .
尽管调查者抱着不友好的态度，甚至采用断章取义的做法，也未能从中找到任何依据，这恰可以证明情况并非如此。 - I tell them , " you re taking it all out of context
我说：不，你这是断章取义。 - So what do you do when you ' re not reducing the world
你除了断章取义还会干什么？ - If you ' re not a liberal at 30 , you ' ve got no heart
如果你30岁时断章取义,你是没心肝