astray


adv. 误入歧途地;迷途地;迷路

adj. 迷路的;离开正道的;不对头的

n. (Astray)人名;(西)阿斯特赖

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中文词源

astray 走偏

来自短语on stray.

英文词源

astray (adv.)
c. 1300, astraied "away from home; lost," borrowed and partially nativized from Old French estraie, past participle of estraier "astray, riderless (of a horse), lost," literally "on stray" (see stray (v.)).

中文解释

【记】a + stray 无目的方向的走,迷路,偏离;a 无 + street 无路走→迷路;音:我死追,我死命追坏人,结果迷路

实用例句

1. We drove east to Rostock, where my map led me astray.
我们驱车向东去罗斯托克,但地图却给我指错了方向。
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2. The judge thought he'd been led astray by older children.
法官认为他已经被那些年长的孩子们带坏了。
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3. How can millions of dollars go astray?
几百万美元怎么可能不翼而飞呢?
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4. The attractions of the big city soon led him astray.
大城市的诱惑很快把他引上邪路.
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5. Many items of mail being sent to her have gone astray.
寄给她的许多邮件失落了.
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