misplaced

Word family

mis·placed /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst◂/ adjectiveadj

WRONG/INCORRECTmisplaced feelings of trust, love etc are wrong and unsuitable, because the person that you have these feelings for does not deserve them 〔信任、爱等情感〕错给不值得的人的

I realized that my trust in him was misplaced.

我意识到我错信了他。

She stuck with him through a misplaced sense of loyalty.

她盲目忠诚，一直跟随着他。

Examples from the Corpus

misplaced• Theoretically and empirically this emphasis is misplaced.• 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.• But the idea that you have to see the original film is misplaced and outmoded.• The misplaced bonhomie, the unchecked schoolboy enthusiasm that Edward distrusted in him, was tightly reined.• Richards said, with misplaced confidence, that the ship was 'unsinkable'.• I only ask because you may miss a rare opportunity to improve you life in April, due to misplaced prejudice.• Despite her doubts, she supported the new legislation out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to the leadership.• This misplaced sycophancy is compounded by a mass of aristocratic name dropping.• Children must be warned against a misplaced trust of strangers.• I suppose her chief fault was misplaced trust, rather than any real crime.

mis·placed adjectiveadj

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus

🔍 牛津詞典🔍 朗文詞典 🎯🔍 劍橋詞典🔍 柯林斯詞典🔍 麥美倫詞典🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)

最近搜尋：

misplaced

🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)