| 释义 |
misplacedmis‧placed /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst◂/ adjective   - Children must be warned against a misplaced trust of strangers.
- Despite her doubts, she supported the new legislation out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to the leadership.
- I suppose her chief fault was misplaced trust, rather than any real crime.
- Richards said, with misplaced confidence, that the ship was 'unsinkable'.
- But the idea that you have to see the original film is misplaced and outmoded.
- I only ask because you may miss a rare opportunity to improve you life in April, due to misplaced prejudice.
- If banks choose not to be tempted in this way then an appeal to their civic duty is misplaced.
- In such a situation, I suggest, faith becomes blind, belief becomes credulous and trust becomes misplaced.
- Liberal emphasis on the psychological problems of the radicals appears misplaced.
- The misplaced bonhomie, the unchecked schoolboy enthusiasm that Edward distrusted in him, was tightly reined.
- Theoretically and empirically this emphasis is misplaced.
- This misplaced sycophancy is compounded by a mass of aristocratic name dropping.
beliefs/ideas/actions etc► wrong · People used to believe that the world was flat, but we now know this is wrong.· Alice felt she had made the wrong decision.get the wrong impression · I wouldn't like you to get the wrong impression -- I do enjoy the course, but I just find it very hard work. ► mistaken: mistaken idea/belief/impression etc an idea, belief etc that people believe is right but is in fact wrong - use this as a polite way of saying someone is wrong: · Many people have the mistaken idea that AIDS cannot spread through heterosexual sex.under the mistaken belief/impression etc: · Pauline was under the mistaken impression that I didn't like her. ► false based on wrong ideas or incorrect information: · He gave false and misleading statements to the court.· My mother avoided visiting Bali on the quite false assumption that the place is full of tourists.give a false impression/belief: · The title gives a false impression of what the book is actually about. ► erroneous formal based on incorrect or incomplete information: · There were erroneous reports that the company had issued false statements. erroneous assumption/view/belief etc: · Ricci's book tries to correct this erroneous view of ancient China. ► misplaced: misplaced trust/loyalty/admiration/concern etc trust, loyalty etc that is wrong because there is no good reason for feeling it: · Richards said, with misplaced confidence, that the ship was 'unsinkable'.· I suppose her chief fault was misplaced trust, rather than any real crime.(do something out of) a sense of misplaced loyalty/admiration etc: · Despite her doubts, she supported the new legislation out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to the leadership. ► misguided done with good intentions but based on information or an idea that is wrong: · These decision now seem misguided, if not downright wrong.misguided efforts/attempt/action etc: · It was another of his misguided attempts to save money.(do something in the) misguided belief/hope: · The taxes were introduced in the misguided belief that they would reduce foreign competition. ► wrongheaded wrong and a little stupid, because of being based on a lack of understanding: · The young man's speech was full of wrongheaded ideas about "the evils of capitalism".· wrongheaded economic policies nounplaceplacementplacingdisplacementreplacementverbplacedisplacemisplacereplaceadjectivedisplacedmisplacedreplaceable misplaced feelings of trust, love etc are wrong and unsuitable, because the person that you have these feelings for does not deserve them:  I realized that my trust in him was misplaced. She stuck with him through a misplaced sense of loyalty. |