the act of expressing a fact that is not correct, or an example of this

He said he made minor misstatements but denied deliberately lying under oath. 他说他陈述中有些小错误，但否认在宣誓后故意撒谎。

The energy trading company issued a statement that corrected its own misstatements. 该能源贸易公司发表了一份声明，纠正了自己的错误陈述。