单词 | mislocate |
释义 | mislocatev. transitive. To assign an incorrect location or position to; to misplace. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > place in wrong position mis-seta1325 mislay1402 misplace1556 mislodge1605 mislocate1816 1816 J. Bentham Extract Constit. Code: Official Aptitude Maximized 13 By artificially mislocated, understand conferred on an individual, other than him by whom the service was rendered. 1894 Publ. Amer. Econ. Assoc. 9 16 The action of the monopoly..mislocates labor, and forces an undue proportion of it into industries that are open to competition. 1924 Amer. Hist. Rev. 30 181 He mislocates ‘Middle Georgia’ by putting it below, instead of above, Augusta. 1954 Word 10 239 In diagnosing the conflict between mentalism and mechanism he [sc. Bloomfield] mislocates the issue. 1992 Nature 26 Mar. 310/2 Subduction-zone earthquakes can be systematically mislocated by 20 km or more. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1816 |
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