go astray

a) to be lost or stolen 迷失，迷路；丢失；被盗

The letter had gone astray in the post.

这封信寄丢了。

b) if a plan or action goes astray, it goes wrong 〔计划或行动〕出错

The best-laid plans can go astray.

再周密的计划也有可能出错。

Examples from the Corpus

go astray• The form you mailed must have gone astray.• We should not be comforted by allowing ourselves to regard Noam Friedman et al. as disturbed individuals who have gone astray.• The street is filled with teenagers who have gone astray.• I enclose a copy in case the original has gone astray.• It could be that fewer of those bright ideas will go astray.• It wasn't too windy, but windy enough to cause the occasional shot to go astray.• She knew the long list of silver almost by heart and counted it monthly that nothing might go astray.• To stop Tootle from going astray, the townspeople get together and conceive ofa clever plan, in which they all participate.• Perhaps the most famous example of a re-creation gone astray took place in July 1989.• The problem is sometimes that parts go astray, which makes it impossible to reassemble the file.

→ go astray at astray(1)

单词	go astray
释义	go astray go astray a) to be lost or stolen 迷失，迷路；丢失；被盗 The letter had gone astray in the post. 这封信寄丢了。 b) if a plan or action goes astray, it goes wrong 〔计划或行动〕出错 The best-laid plans can go astray. 再周密的计划也有可能出错。 Examples from the Corpus go astray• The form you mailed must have gone astray.• We should not be comforted by allowing ourselves to regard Noam Friedman et al. as disturbed individuals who have gone astray.• The street is filled with teenagers who have gone astray.• I enclose a copy in case the original has gone astray.• It could be that fewer of those bright ideas will go astray.• It wasn't too windy, but windy enough to cause the occasional shot to go astray.• She knew the long list of silver almost by heart and counted it monthly that nothing might go astray.• To stop Tootle from going astray, the townspeople get together and conceive ofa clever plan, in which they all participate.• Perhaps the most famous example of a re-creation gone astray took place in July 1989.• The problem is sometimes that parts go astray, which makes it impossible to reassemble the file. → go astray at astray(1)
随便看	be caught without sth because because of because of sb because of somebody because of somebody/something because of something because of sth be centred around/round something be-centred-around/round-something be centred on/upon something be-centred-on/upon-something be centre stage be chagrined be chained to be chained to something be chained to sth be champing at the bit be cheated of be cheated of success be cheated of victory be cheated of victory/success etc becher brook becher-brook becherbrook