misplaced
adj. 錯位的; 寄託錯的
v. 錯放(misplace的過去式)
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...
放貸人指望現有借貸人的盲目忠誠來謀求利益。
I think your concern is misplaced. Ackroyd is no threat to anyone.
我認為你多慮了,阿克羅伊德不會對任何人構成威脅。
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.
這種自信就像華盛頓居民的自信一樣, 用錯了地方.
If, today, BP retreats from its misplaced confidence, it will be in good company.
如果今天英國石油收起自己不該有的信心, 它也並不孤單.
His optimism proved sadly misplaced.
很遺憾,事實證明他不應該如此樂觀.
But such confidence may be misplaced.
但這種信心或許放錯了地方.