Skip to main content

astray

/uh-strey/US // əˈstreɪ //UK // (əˈstreɪ) //

误入歧途,歧途,走错路,走错了路

Related Words

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : out of the right way; off the correct or known road, path, or route: Despite specific instructions, they went astray and got lost.
    • : away from that which is right; into error, confusion, or undesirable action or thought: They were led astray by their lust for money.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • He said Stewart, who had never received a federal contract before, was led astray by an unnamed third party who had promised the goods and then failed to deliver.

  • For instance, an operator can click on a specific location and Spot will travel to it, using its onboard sensors to ensure that it doesn’t tip over or go astray along the way.

  • It is also less likely than other state-of-the-art image recognition models to be led astray by adversarial examples, which have been subtly altered in ways that typically confuse algorithms even though humans might not notice a difference.

  • You know, so many times people have been led astray or disappointed.

  • You can make mistakes or go astray for a while, but that doesn’t matter in the long run.

  • But sometimes, the quest for facts lets us down, or leads us astray, and leaves us worse off than before, not better.

  • Certainly, other communities—ultra-Orthodox Jews, for example—are fretting about members who go online, and then astray.

  • The spokeswoman suggests that the girls had not been radicalized, only led astray.

  • Percy Heath, a merry fellow, specialized in leading the Reverend Professor Doctor astray and had a lot of fun with him.

  • The Israelis have not yet confirmed that these were their shells, and have raised the possibility that a Hamas rocket went astray.

  • Many shall come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and shall lead many astray.

  • And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

  • Directors sometimes go astray and cases are constantly arising to determine their liability.

  • A repair to the car delayed us and we went several miles astray on the road.

  • For as it was your mind to go astray from God; so when you return again you shall seek him ten times as much.