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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had deliberately misdirected the reporters.
  他故意给记者们指错方向。
• Several passengers were misdirected to the wrong airport.
  几位乘客被指引错了机场。
• 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。
• Those qualities of leadership could be misdirected.
  那些领导才干可能被用在不该用的方面。