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

• 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。
• 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。
• Allergy is caused by hypersensitivity of the immune system leading to a misdirected immune response.
  过敏是由免疫系统的超敏性所引起，导致错误的免疫反应。
• 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 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。
• Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.
  他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。