misdirect

美 [ˌmɪsdəˈrekt]英 [ˌmɪsdəˈrekt]
  • vt.误导;错误指示(陪审团);使用不当;误用;指错方向;引错路

派生词: misdirection n. 过去式: misdirected 现在分词: misdirecting 过去分词: misdirected 第三人称单数: misdirects

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verb

1

误用;使用不当
to use sth in a way that is not appropriate to a particular situation

Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.

他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。

2

指错方向;引错路;误导
to send sb/sth in the wrong direction or to the wrong place

3

误导,错误指示(陪审团)
to give a jury (= the group of people who decide if sb is guilty of a crime) wrong information about the law

4


misdirect

频次

  • 1
    VERB 对…使用不当;错用;误用
    If resources or efforts are misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes.

    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。

  • ...a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop.

    试图安抚主教的白费力气的做法

  • 3
    VERB 将…引错方向;给…指错方向
    If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction.

    He had deliberately misdirected the reporters.

    他故意给记者们指错方向。

verb

1
put a wrong address on
misdirect the letter
Synonym: misaddress
2
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
Synonym: mislead misguide lead astray
3
corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
debauch the young people with wine and women
Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Do school counselors subvert young children?
corrupt the morals
Synonym: corrupt pervert subvert demoralize demoralise debauch debase profane vitiate deprave

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Misdirected energies , abilities , etc.

    使用不当的精力、能力等。

  2. He had deliberately misdirected the reporters .

    他故意给记者们指错方向。

  3. 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。

  4. Someone is misdirecting the show from behind the scenes .

    有人在背后出坏点子。

  5. Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected .

    他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。

  6. 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!

  7. 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。

  8. Go asking in relevant forum , here may misdirect !

    到相关论坛里去问,这里可能会误导!

  9. 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。

  10. He accused them of trying to misdirect national resources .

    他指控他们试图滥用国家资源。

  11. Misdirect sb to the bus station instead of the coach station

    错将公共汽车站当作长途汽车站指示给某人

  12. If routing is misdirected , the whole network would have been paralysed .

    如果路由被误导,整个网络可能陷于瘫痪。

  13. Misdirected credit can produce two damaging consequences .

    错误分配的信贷会产生两种严重后果。

  14. 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。

  15. Several passengers were misdirected to the wrong airport .

    几位乘客被指引错了机场。

  16. It appears that your luggage has been misdirected to a different airport .

    你的行李似乎被送错了地方,到了另一个机场。

  17. Those qualities of leadership could be misdirected .

    那些领导才干可能被用在不该用的方面。

  18. The thesis attempts to open out the contributing factors of them and their misdirecting tendency ;

    本文试图揭示其成因、指出误导倾向;

  19. 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。

  20. The report accuses the charity of wasting money and misdirecting large quantities of aid .

    那份报告指责这家慈善机构浪费钱财,误送大量援助物资。

  21. 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。

  22. Dispute of birthday danger contract rises somewhat , birthday danger sale member misdirect phenomenon is reduced somewhat .

    寿险合同纠纷有所上升,寿险营销员误导现象有所降低。

  23. 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。

  24. On the Misdirecting Tendency in Art Criticism

    试论美术批评的误导倾向

  25. The contrast is between misdirected intelligence and folly .

    区别在于被误导的智慧和天生的愚蠢。

  26. This does not necessarily represent a weak or deficient immune system , but one which may be malfunctioning or misdirected .

    但这并不代表一个弱或免疫缺陷,但可故障或签名。

  27. This paper indicates that the figure project , as the achievement in one 's post , will misdirect the land consolidation and rehabilitation .

    形象工程的政绩标志误导土地整理行为,不能片面追求数量平衡而忽视质量提高;

  28. Be careful lest you inadvertently misdirect your faith toward His provision instead of toward the Provider .

    要谨慎,免得不小心地让他的供应取代了神自己,成为我们全心的注意力。

  29. We are not responsible for misdirected shipment due to the invalid and outdated confirmed address you provided at payment .

    我们不发货到客户的办公地址,朋友和家人的地址,以及未经过支付宝确认的备用地址和新近变更的地址。

  30. 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。