misspeak

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush's misstatement "just shows even the most straightforward and plain-spoken people misspeak."

白宫言人斯科特.麦克莱伦说布什的误仅仅是最坦率的人误.

We know we’ll misspeak or what we say will be heard differently than we intended.

我们知道我们会说或者所说的会被听成并非我们的本意。