misdirect /ˌmɪsdɪˈrɛkt, -daɪr-/ ( misdirecting, misdirected, misdirects )

• 1. 

  V-T If resources or efforts are misdirected, they are used in the wrong way or for the wrong purposes. 错用; 误用 [usu passive]

  例：

  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被误用了。

• 2. 

  misdirected ADJ

  例：

  ...a misdirected effort to mollify the bishop.

  ...试图安抚主教的错误做法。

• 3. 

  V-T If you misdirect someone, you send them in the wrong direction. 给…指错方向

  例：

  He had deliberately misdirected the reporters.

  他故意给记者们指错了方向。