vt.发错（词等的）音

mispronounce发音不当
mis-,坏的，错的，不好的，pronounce,发音。

all men mispronounce it → 生命是一种外语
to mispronounce → 错读
And Mispronounce Words → 甚至读错单词

1. It was possible that Grandpa's southern accent and his illiteracy made him mispronounce his own name.
[汉]这也有可能是因为姥爷的南方口音和不识字的原因而念错了自己的名字.
——来自辞典例句
2. Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.
[汉]生命是一种外语; 所有的人都读错了.
——来自互联网
3. It's no crime to mispronounce a word.
[汉]读错一个词的音,不用感到难为情.
——来自互联网

【Verb】

1. pronounce a word incorrectly