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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Those qualities of leadership could be misdirected.
  那些领导才干可能被用在不该用的方面。
• Several passengers were misdirected to the wrong airport.
  几位乘客被指引错了机场。
• 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。
• Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.
  他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。
• 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。
• 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！
• Misdirected energies, abilities, etc.
  使用不当的精力、能力等。