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单词 misdirect
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misdirect

(mɪsdɪrekt, -daɪr-)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense misdirects, present participle misdirecting, past tense, past participle misdirected
1. verb [usually passive]
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. [be VERB-ed]
misdirected adjective
...a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop.
2. verb
If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction.
He had deliberately misdirected the reporters. [VERB noun]

misdirect in British English

(ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛkt)
verb (transitive)
1. 
to give (a person) wrong directions or instructions
2. 
to address (a letter, parcel, etc) wrongly
Derived forms
misdirection (ˌmisdiˈrection)
noun

misdirect in American English

(ˌmɪsdəˈrɛkt)
verb transitive
to direct wrongly or badly
; specif.,
a. 
to aim (a blow, etc.) badly
b. 
to address (a letter) incorrectly
c. 
to give incorrect instructions to, esp. as a judge to a jury
Derived forms
misdirection (ˌmisdiˈrection) (ˌmɪsdəˈrɛkʃən)
noun

Examples of 'misdirect' in a sentence
misdirect

Suffolk police confirmed it had received a complaint about misdirected payments.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Forward passes and misdirected plays littered their game.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Too often voluntary effort is misdirected or squandered.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The problem was that much of the effort had been misdirected.
Patrick Bishop FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)
So much wasted effort and misdirected concern.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If these requirements are not met managers are misdirected and their efforts are wasted.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
The original judge misdirected the jury on points of law.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Conservation efforts had been misdirected.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The trial judge had misdirected the jury, but the conviction was safe because no reasonable jury could have acquitted the defendant.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
And, perhaps, more misdirected letters.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The family's lawyers yesterday said the coroner misdirected the jury, who found he was unarmed.
The Sun (2014)
In May, it introduced a voluntary code of practice to help account holders who have made misdirected payments.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
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