| 单词 | misplace |
| 释义 | misplace (once / 2582 pages) v When you misplace your car keys, you can't remember where you put them. In other words, you temporarily lose them. You can use the verb misplace when you can't find something. If you misplace your favorite coffee cup, you'll be annoyed, but if you misplace your wallet it could cause you real problems. The word implies that the object isn't gone for good, but that you unthinkingly put it down somewhere. When you combine the prefix mis-, which means "bad or wrong," and place, you get misplace — as in placing something in a bad spot! WORD FAMILYmisplace: misplaced, misplacement, misplaces, misplacing+/displace: displaced, displacement, displaces, displacing/displacement: displacements/implacable: implacably/misplacement: misplacements/placable: implacable, placably/place: displace, misplace, placable, placeable, placed, placement, places, placing/placed: unplaced/placement: placements USAGE EXAMPLESIn January 1961, President Eisenhower warned of the “unwarranted influence” and “potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power” by the “military-industrial complex.” Salon(Jan 01, 2017) The state cites defense attorneys’ “wildly exaggerated and misplaced arguments” to say that the secrecy provisions should be upheld. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) In the rush of the holidays, it’s easy to misplace items, Grady said. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1v place (something) where one cannot find it again I misplaced my eyeglasses Syn|Hyper lose, mislay lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location 2v place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position misplaced modifiers Hyper lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location |
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