But so many people have misused the word that the incorrect meaning is starting to become accepted as true.

但是很多人误用了这个词，以至于错误的意思开始被认为是正确的。

Then there is the received wisdom - football phrases that have become accepted as true despite having almost no basis in logic.

然后是公认的智慧——尽管几乎没有逻辑依据，但足球用语已被接受为真实的。

We must be satisfied with hoping that such fatuous accounts of ourselves as we make to our wives and children and business associates are accepted as true.

我们必须满足于希望我们对我们的妻子、孩子和商业伙伴所做的这种愚蠢的描述被认为是真实的。