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

• AoW Ltd had in effect been shut down after several US states issued "cease and desist" orders, demanding a halt to unlawful activities, and the investors 'misdirected monies did not stay in the UK account for long.
  美国几个州签发停业令，要求AoWLtd停止非法活动后，AoWLtd实际上已关门，并且这些投资人被打错账户的钱，没有在英国的户头上停留多长时间。
• Your talents are misdirected study music, not maths!
  你的才能没有发挥出来&应该学音乐，不应该学数学！
• It is always an effort to challenge habits that are irretrievably misdirected, but, sometimes one must.
  改变一个深根蒂固的坏习惯是需要一定的勇气的，但是，有时候人们必须这么做。
• Women reject half the praise as being insincere or misdirected or offensive and so need more to get by on.
  而女人则会过滤掉一半的赞美，因为它们或缺乏诚意、或不切要点、或有些冒犯，因而需要更多赞美才能振作起来。
• Anger is just misdirected passion.
  发怒只是情绪的失控。
• This is unlikely to have a significant effect and is probably misdirected.
  此举不太可能收到重大效果，而且很可能不会把资金引向正确方向。
• In sum, Mr Geithner's remark is true and the issue important, but the timing was unhelpful and the focus on the exchange rate misdirected.
  总之，盖特纳的话没错，他说的问题也是重要的，但他此番言论的时机于事无补，而他对汇率的关注也是误导的。
• Several passengers were misdirected to the wrong airport.
  几位乘客被指引错了机场。
• Some argue that ordinary Americans are suffering from a form of false consciousness in which anger about economic issues gets misdirected into rage about guns or religion.
  一些人辩称，美国普通老百姓受到一种错误思想的影响，这种思想将人们对经济问题的怒火，错误引向了对枪支或宗教问题的不满。
• 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。