misdirect

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If resources or efforts are misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes. 錯(cuò)用; 誤用[usu passive]
Many of the aid projects in the developing world have been misdirected in the past. 過(guò)去，許多對(duì)發(fā)展中國(guó)家的援助計(jì)劃被誤用了。
2. misdirectedADJ
...a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop. ...試圖安撫主教的錯(cuò)誤做法。
3. V-T If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction. 給…指錯(cuò)方曏
He had deliberately misdirected the reporters. 他故意給記者們指錯(cuò)了方曏。