misgauge
verb [ T ] (US also misgage) uk/mɪsˈɡeɪdʒ/ us/ˌmɪsˈɡeɪdʒ/
误判
to make a wrong judgment about something, especially people's feelings
We totally misgauged the amount of dissatisfaction with the system.
It is not uncommon for people to misgauge their susceptibility to these biases. 人们错误估计自己对这些偏见的敏感度的情况并不少见。
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- The agency misgauged what the markets were thinking.
- Senior executives had completely misgauged the direction in which the industry was moving.
- The report stated that the agency "badly misgauged" the financial meltdown.
- The acoustics of the hall had been misgauged by the artists, so that the piano was initially too loud.