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misplaced

/mis-pleys/US // mɪsˈpleɪs //UK // (ˌmɪsˈpleɪs) //

错位的,错置的,放错地方的,错位

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mis·placed, mis·plac·ing.

    • : to put in a wrong place.
    • : to put in a place afterward forgotten; lose; mislay.
    • : to place or bestow improperly, unsuitably, or unwisely: to misplace one's trust.

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Examples

  • Agency officials told Ka that they had misplaced her paperwork.

  • Because that theoretical maximum is well under both the current two-party margin and the number of expected ballots outstanding, it’s unlikely that misplaced mail ballots will meaningfully alter the trajectory of the election in the state.

  • That figure is about eight times larger than the 9,155 ballots reported as misplaced in North Carolina postal districts.

  • Pittsburgh-area postal union officials said they were certain the agency had not misplaced any ballots.

  • Spelling and grammar checking software, such as the one built into Microsoft Word or the grammar checker Grammarly, can suggest when a word is incorrectly used or a comma misplaced.

  • Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.

  • This is not to say that the focus on children in the report is entirely misplaced.

  • Certainly the speech suggests that American hopes of persuading Turkey to come fully on board are misplaced.

  • In fact, the only shade of reaction besides enthusiasm Carter and Knight got to the project was some misplaced confusion.

  • There is no questioning their fellowship and effort to dispel misplaced preconceptions.

  • They are still comparatively supple, and any misplaced pinnæ may be re-arranged without any difficulty.

  • "I have heard all these arguments before," said Gilbert, sorry for his misplaced confidence, when it was too late.

  • I appreciate your sense of the dramatic, and even your motives, but I assure you they are both misplaced.

  • Take care, Captain, misplaced courage is frequently braggadocio; your position is desperate.

  • But a little consideration must show that this confidence may ere long be found to be misplaced.