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

• Government does not fail because it does not measure happiness; it fails when its energies are misdirected on the basis of poor quality information.
  政府不会因为没有衡量幸福而失败，但是，当政府以劣质信息为依据，在资源配置方面失误时，它就会失败。
• Anger is just misdirected passion.
  发怒只是情绪的失控。
• 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。
• They had misdirected all his letters.
  他们把他所有的信都寄错地方了。
• 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。
• Several passengers were misdirected to the wrong airport.
  几位乘客被指引错了机场。
• Those qualities of leadership could be misdirected.
  那些领导才干可能被用在不该用的方面。
• 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。
• Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.
  他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。
• Misdirected credit can produce two damaging consequences.
  错误分配的信贷会产生两种严重后果。