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

• They had misdirected all his letters.
  他们把他所有的信都寄错地方了。
• Anger is just misdirected passion.
  发怒只是情绪的失控。
• 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。
• 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。
• Misdirected criticism, sarcasm, etc
  不应受到的批评、讽刺等
• 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。
• The public's admiration for the president is misdirected as he has done nothing to deserve it.
  公众对总统的赞美用错了地方，因为他没任何值得钦敬的地方。
• 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。
• He had deliberately misdirected the reporters.
  他故意给记者们指错方向。
• 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。