misplace

• vt. 放错地方；忘记把…放在什么地方；错误地信任某人

1. place (something) where one cannot find it again;

"I misplaced my eyeglasses"

2. place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position;

"misplaced modifiers"

misplace (v.)

1550s, "to assign a wrong position to;" see mis- (1) + place (v.). Of affections, confidence, etc., "to give to a wrong object," it is recorded from 1630s. Related: Misplaced; misplacing.

lose, miss, misplace

这些动词均有"丢失，遗失"之意。

lose： 最普通用词，侧重遗失了，难以找回来。

miss： 着重发觉某人或某物不见的瞬间，也可作思念解。

misplace： 指反映东西放错或故意放错地方。

But such gloominess is misplaced.

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I often misplace something that she should have put away.

我经常把她本该放起来的东西放错了地方.

辞典例句

Biometrics promises identities that are virtually impossible to steal, impersonate or misplace.

这种生物科技测量标准的特徵是近几乎不可能被偷取, 假扮,或误置.

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Guests frequently misplace or leave behind their personal possessions in hotel rooms.

客人经常误放东西或把他们的个人物品落在房间里.

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