misplaced
adj. 错位的; 寄托错的
v. 错放(misplace的过去式)
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.
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。
1. put in the wrong place or position;
2. lost temporarily; as especially put in an unaccustomed or forgotten place;
The very few cases in point suggest that his confidence would not be misplaced.
很少有例子能表明,他的信心是有道理的.
That confidence, as Washington residents have learned, can be misplaced.
这种自信就像华盛顿居民的自信一样, 用错了地方.
If, today, BP retreats from its misplaced confidence, it will be in good company.
如果今天英国石油收起自己不该有的信心, 它也并不孤单.
His optimism proved sadly misplaced.
很遗憾,事实证明他不应该如此乐观.
But such confidence may be misplaced.
但这种信心或许放错了地方.