Against this backdrop, it is easy to dismiss our institutions as flawed or ineffective.

在这种背景下，我们机构很容易被误认为缺陷重重且没有效率。

You mime chewing sounds, which they mistake for your primitive tongue.

你模仿咀嚼声音，他们会误认为是你原始舌头有什么问题。

Often we mistake excessive criticism as tough love.

我们常常把过度批评误认为是爱。

Devils Tower, the first national monument in America, could almost be mistaken for the stump of an enormous tree.

恶魔塔是美国第一个国家纪念碑，几乎可以被误认为是一棵巨大树木树桩。

Usually people always ask me myths about psychology but not really misconceptions about psychologists.

通常人们总会问我一些对于心理学错误认识，但这并不是正意义上对心理医生误解。

The danger with highlighting is that it becomes very easy to mistake recognition – which requires a cue – with true recall, which involves pulling the memory from the depths of your brain's archives all on your own.

划重点危险之处在于，人们很容易把需要提示识别性误认为是回，而正回是需要完全靠自己从大脑深处提取。

People wore masks so that the ghosts would mistake them for other spirits!

人们戴着面具，这样鬼魂就会把他们误认为其他鬼魂！

Its berries, however, could be mistaken for blueberries.

然而，它浆果可能会被误认为是蓝莓。

At an altitude of 50 to 130 kilometers or 31 to 81 miles above the earth, scientists believe that sprites have been responsible for many mistaken UFO sightings.

在距地球五十至一百三十公里（31 至 81 英里）高空，科学家们认为，许多误认为是不明飞行物目击事件都是由“精灵”造成。

He was sure he had been mistaken for another prisoner.

他确定自己被误认为是另一名囚犯了。

Only when a witness is unsure does a risk of misidentification arise.

只有当目击者不确定时，才会出现误认风险。

Some people may mistake the birds' inactivity for a medical problem.

有些人会误认为这类鸡不活跃是健康问题所致。

It takes refuge between the hulls maybe mistaking them for other whales.

它躲在船体之间，也许把它们误认成了其他鲸鱼。

Beach guards often mistake jellyfish and crabs as marine hazards.

海滩守卫者经常把水母和螃蟹误认为是海洋危险物。

Nobody will ever mistake pressed bean curd for a seared steak.

没有人会把压制豆浆凝乳误认为是烤牛排。

And they both often suffer from a case of mistaken identity.

而且他们都经常被误认为是对方。

In 1988, the U.S. shot down an Iranian passenger plane over Iranian territorial waters when it mistakenly identified it as a fighter jet.

1988年，美国在伊朗领海上空击落了一架被误认为是战斗机伊朗客机。

Mistaking knowledge for truth is the root of all self-deception.

把知识误认为理是一切自欺根源。

Predators may then mistake them for something inedible, such as a leaf bud.

掠食者可能会误认这些螳螂是不能吃东西，例如一片叶芽。

When I was a teenager, I had long hair pulled back in a pony-tail, but at that time I wasn't growing a beard yet so I did get mistaken for a girl, so since then I've had short hair.

我在青少年时期留长发，梳个马尾，当时我还没有长胡子，所以我经常被误认为是女孩，从那以后我就开始留短发了。