misdirected

英 [ˌmɪsdəˈrektɪd]

美 [ˌmɪsdəˈrektɪd]

v.  误用; 使用不当; 指错方向; 引错路; 误导; 错误指示(陪审团)
misdirect的过去分词和过去式

过去式：misdirected　

BNC.39373 / COCA.30508

柯林斯词典

• VERB 对…使用不当;错用;误用
  If resources or effortsare misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes.
  1. Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past.
     过去，许多对发展中国家的援助计划没有得到合理实施。
• VERB 将…引错方向;给…指错方向
  If youmisdirectsomeone, you send them in the wrong direction.
  1. He had deliberately misdirected the reporters.
     他故意给记者们指错方向。

双语例句

• In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence.
  在试图讨好别人当中，我们发现自己被误导到我们的影响范围之外。
• Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.
  他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。
• Several passengers were misdirected to the wrong airport.
  几位乘客被指引错了机场。
• Like the prodigal, we need to recognize that we cannot find fulfillment, happiness, safety, or peace in the ego's world, in all the misdirected ways and places we've sought for them.
  浪子一样，我们需要认识到，我们不能得到满足，幸福，安全，和平在自我的世界所有不当的方式和我们为他们谋求地方。
• Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past.
  过去，许多对发展中国家的援助计划没有得到合理实施。
• When Eddie Wong, chief executive of Winnington Capital, was giving a recent interview to the Financial Times, he spotted a minor error in his prepared presentation-a misdirected reporting line in the organisational chart of his firm.
  WinningtonCapital首席执行官EddieWong最近接受英国《金融时报》采访时发现，他准备好的讲稿中有个小小的错误&在其公司的组织结构图中，一条标示上下级关系的直线有误。
• It appears that your luggage has been misdirected to a different airport.
  你的行李似乎被送错了地方，到了另一个机场。
• Chinese exports are artificially boosted, so Chinese investment is misdirected.
  中国出口虚涨，中国投资也因此受到误导。
• This, they argue, is a misdirected remedy: the distinction between utility and Casino either cannot be drawn or, if it can, does not coincide with the distinction between what has to be safe and what need not be.
  他们辩称，这种疗法是受到误导的：公用事业与赌场之间的界限要么无法划清，要么即使能划清，也未必就与必须安全与不必安全的资产之间的界限重合。
• Those qualities of leadership could be misdirected.
  那些领导才干可能被用在不该用的方面。