misdirect

英 [ˌmɪsdəˈrekt]

美 [ˌmɪsdəˈrekt]

v.  误用; 使用不当; 指错方向; 引错路; 误导; 错误指示(陪审团)

过去分词：misdirected　过去式：misdirected　第三人称单数：misdirects　现在分词：misdirecting　

法律

BNC.22003 / COCA.25645

牛津词典

verb

• 误用；使用不当
  to use sth in a way that is not appropriate to a particular situation
  1. Their efforts over the past years have been largely misdirected.
     他们过去几年的努力大都白费了。
• 指错方向；引错路；误导
  to send sb/sth in the wrong direction or to the wrong place
• 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

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。

英英释义

verb

• put a wrong address on
  1. misdirect the letter
  Synonym:misaddress
• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
  1. The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
  Synonym:misleadmisguidelead astray
• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
  1. debauch the young people with wine and women
  2. Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
  3. Do school counselors subvert young children?
  4. corrupt the morals
  Synonym:corruptpervertsubvertdemoralizedemoralisedebauchdebaseprofanevitiatedeprave

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