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。
• Anger is just misdirected passion.
  发怒只是情绪的失控。
• Those qualities of leadership could be misdirected.
  那些领导才干可能被用在不该用的方面。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Misdirected criticism, sarcasm, etc
  不应受到的批评、讽刺等
• 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。