| 释义 |
misdiˈrect, v.
[mis-1 1.]
trans. To direct wrongly; to give a wrong direction to.
1603Florio Montaigne ii. xvii. (1632) 367 Fearing lest the contention of his will should make him to misse-direct his hand. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. xxiv. 390 In the hurry of a trial the ablest judge may mistake the law, and mis⁓direct the jury. 1868C. M. Yonge Cameos I. iii. 21 He himself remained to misdirect the pursuers. 1885Law Rep. (14 Q.B. Div.) 694 The Court in banc will..grant a new trial on the ground that the jury were misdirected. 1897P. Warung Tales Old Regime 129 Through the going out of the light, the blow was misdirected. |