misorientate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To position (something) incorrectly, especially so that it faces in the wrong direction. transitive
    — Sometimes I would misorientate slides 90 degrees or 180 degrees.
  2. To become incorrectly positioned, especially to face in the wrong direction. intransitive
    — The price system does not signal the changes continually taking place in the value and market relations; it necessarily misorientates in matters of economic decisions.
  3. To become confused about one's position relative to one's environment; to become disoriented. reflexive
    — It is poetic justice of sorts that the church whose foreign agents and those indigenous members who chose to misorientate themselves has also given us these […]

词形变化

misorientates present,singular,third-person misorientating participle,present misorientated participle,past misorientated past

词汇关系

近义词
misorient misposition

词源

From mis- + orientate.
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