misdirect

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To direct something wrongly
    — Instead, in all contexts, markets instill antisocial motivations in buyers and sellers, misprice items that are exchanged, misdirect aims regarding what to produce in what quantities and by what means, misremunerate producers, introduce class division and class rule, and embody an imperial logic that spreads itself throughout economic life.
  2. To direct attention away from covert actions or intended targets.
  3. To put the incorrect address on a mail item

词形变化

misdirects present,singular,third-person misdirecting participle,present misdirected participle,past misdirected past

词汇关系

衍生词
misdirectedly misdirectedness misdirector

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-?
Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der.
Proto-Germanic *missaz
Proto-Germanic *missa-
Proto-West Germanic *missa-
Old English mis-
Middle English mys-
English mis-
English direct
English misdirect
From mis- + direct.
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