astray
/əˈstreɪ/adverb
1
- away from the correct path or direction离开正确的路（或方向）; 迷路：
we went astray but a man redirected us.
我们走错了路, 但一位先生给我们指正了。
2
- into error or morally questionable behaviour步入歧途; 堕落：
he was led astray by boozy colleagues.
他被那些嗜酒的同事带坏了。
短语
go astray
- (of an object) become lost or mislaid（东西）被遗失; 被放错地方：
the money had gone astray.
钱不知去向。
词源
Middle 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'.