She only did it in a misguided attempt to help.

她是要帮忙，只是想法不对头。

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In a misguided attempt to be funny, he manages only offensiveness.

他试图使自己很风趣，可弄巧成拙地冒犯了别人。

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It's not a public safety issue or even a misguided attempt to liberate oppressed women.

它不是公共安全的问题，也不是企图误导的解放压迫妇女的问题。

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Rossman points to a string of e-mails from colleagues around the world who call the bill misguided, and see it as an example of California foolishness.

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we can run the engine backward and build a refrigerator, if you've got your lecture notes from last period your 8-9, well, they're labeled 8-9 lecture notes, I made an attempt to define something which was a little bit misguided.

现在我们可以把热机倒过来,制作一台制冷机，如果你们拿出上节课的笔记,也就是8-9节，好的，他们在8-9节，当时我试着,定义了一些,有些误导你们的物理量。

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I think that's really a misguided objection.

我想这真是一个有误导性的反驳

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The power of something as seemingly simple as a misguided tweet or a parody account is astounding to me.

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What a shame if a misguided mandate becomes a buzzkill.

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Circuit City chief executive Philip Schoonover and his management team have been under fire for what's seen as a misguided turnaround of a retailer that has been running second fiddle to industry leader Best Buy for at least a decade.

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