[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](感情、行动)不适当的,不得体的,搞错对象的 If you describe a feeling or action as misplaced, you are critical of it because you think it is inappropriate, or directed towards the wrong thing or person.
[disapproval]
Lenders rely on the misplaced loyalty of existing borrowers to make their profit...
放贷人指望现有借贷人的盲目忠诚来谋求利益。
I think your concern is misplaced. Ackroyd is no threat to anyone.
我认为你多虑了,阿克罗伊德不会对任何人构成威胁。
Oxford
mis·placed/ˌmɪsˈpleɪst; NAmEˌmɪsˈpleɪst/adjective1not appropriate or correct in the situation 不合时宜的;不适宜的◆misplaced confidence/optimism/fear不应有的信心╱乐观精神╱恐惧2(of love, trust, etc. 爱情、信任等)given to a person who does not deserve or return those feelings 给错对象的;不该给的◆misplaced loyalty无谓的忠诚mis·placed/ˌmɪsˈpleɪst; NAmEˌmɪsˈpleɪst/
LDC
misplacedmis‧placed /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst◂/ adjective
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misplaced feelings of trust, love etc are wrong and unsuitable, because the person that you have these feelings for does not deserve them: I realized that my trust in him was misplaced. She stuck with him through a misplaced sense of loyalty.
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misplaced
[ˌmɪsˈpleɪst]
原型:misplaced 是 misplace 的过去式
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错放(72%),误给(28%)
adj.错位的;寄托错的
v.错放(misplace的过去式)
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