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

• 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。
• In sum, Mr Geithner's remark is true and the issue important, but the timing was unhelpful and the focus on the exchange rate misdirected.
  总之，盖特纳的话没错，他说的问题也是重要的，但他此番言论的时机于事无补，而他对汇率的关注也是误导的。
• 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。
• Women reject half the praise as being insincere or misdirected or offensive and so need more to get by on.
  而女人则会过滤掉一半的赞美，因为它们或缺乏诚意、或不切要点、或有些冒犯，因而需要更多赞美才能振作起来。
• They had misdirected all his letters.
  他们把他所有的信都寄错地方了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 credit can produce two damaging consequences.
  错误分配的信贷会产生两种严重后果。