misplace

[US]/mɪs'pleɪs/
[UK]/ˌmɪs'ples/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 把(感情等)寄託於不值得寄託的對象 忘記把…放在什麼地方; 把…放錯位置
Word Forms
現在分詞misplacing
第三人稱單數misplaces
過去分詞misplaced
過去式misplaced
複數misplaces

Example Sentences

misplace punctuation in a sentence.

在一句中標錯標點的位置

Again, such timidity is misplaced.

這種膽怯又一次錯位了。

I have misplaced the letter.

我把信放錯地方了。

Her confidence in him was entirely misplaced.

她完全錯誤地相信了他。

The dictionary may have been misplaced somewhere else.

字典可能被放到別處去了。

a telling sign of misplaced priorities.

錯設優先重點的明顯跡象。

I have misplaced my wallet.

我把我的錢包放錯了地方

His optimism proved sadly misplaced.

很遺憾,事實證明他不應該如此樂觀。

I'm sure the jewellery has just been misplaced, and not stolen.

我確信珠寶只是不知道放哪兒了,並非被盜。

a million dollars had been lost because of a misplaced comma.

只因逗號錯置,損失了100萬美元。

raked through the files for the misplaced letter.

爲找一封錯放的信而搜找那些文件

Crewe came back into the game when Strachan misplaced a pass in the midfield.

當斯特羅恩在中場把球誤傳時,克魯一下子就恢復了比賽狀態。

Grandfather used to misplace his glasses.

"我的祖父從前總是把眼鏡亂放,經常找不到。"

Real-world Examples

Are you sure you haven't misplaced it?

你想暗示些什麼 我記性好得很?

Source: English little tyrant

It is difficult to argue that the cynicism is misplaced.

你很難說這樣的諷刺不合時宜。

Source: Time

I'm really sorry, but I seem to have misplaced your scarf.

真對不起,我好像把你的圍巾丟在什麼地方了。

Source: Crazy English Situational Conversation Real Skills

His enthusiasm, partly fuelled by cans of morning cocktails, is not misplaced.

他對這裏如此熱情,倒是不無道理,部分是因爲早晨的雞尾酒。

Source: The Guardian Reading Selection

Do not feel discouraged, or sit down and lament because you are misplaced.

如果事實果真如此,你也無需氣餒,也沒必要怨天尤人,更不應該自暴自棄。

Source: The Lost Wealth Classics

If you lose something, it's that you misplaced it, and you can't find it.

如果你丟了什麼東西,那是因爲你把它放錯地方了,現在找不到了。

Source: Dad teaches you grammar.

Mr Mogra's fears are not entirely misplaced.

Mogra的擔心並不是空穴來風。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Some, like Mr Layard, see misplaced priorities.

一些像萊亞德一樣的人瞭解其中的輕重緩急。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

This is a classic example of misplaced reinforcement.

這是一個強化錯誤的經典案例。

Source: Science in Life

But the report suggests such worries are misplaced.

但是報道也認爲這樣的擔心是沒有必要的。

Source: The Economist - International

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