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astray

adverb
🔊/əˈstreɪ/
🔊/əˈstreɪ/
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘distant from the correct path’): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French estraie, past participle of estraier, based on Latin extra ‘out of bounds’ + vagari ‘wander’.
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go astray
  1. to become lost; to be stolen丢失；被盗
    • Several letters went astray or were not delivered.有几封信丢失或未投递。🔊🔊
    • We locked up our valuables so they would not go astray.我们把贵重物品锁了起来以免被盗。🔊🔊
  2. to go in the wrong direction or to have the wrong result走错方向；误入歧途
    • Fortunately the gunman's shots went astray.幸好持枪歹徒把子弹打偏了。🔊🔊
    • The argument is so complex, a reader might easily go astray.论点是如此复杂，读者可能会轻易误入歧途。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
lead somebody astray
  1. to make somebody go in the wrong direction or do things that are wrong走错方向；误入歧途
    • Jack's parents thought the other boys might lead him astray.杰克的父母认为，其他的男孩可能会把他引入歧途。🔊🔊