Adverb:

1. away from the right path or direction;

   "he was led astray"
   

2. far from the intended target;

   "the arrow went wide of the mark"
   "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
   

lostadj.迷路的；丢失的；错过的；失败的；不知所措的；摧毁的；被杀死的；忘我的；不能理解的动词lose的过去式和过去分词形式

adriftadv.漂流地；漫无目的地adj.漂泊的；漫无目的的；松开的

off course不在规定的轨道上； 离开航线

off track离题的； 离开目标的

off target不切题

off beam偏束

amissadj.有毛病的；出差错的；有缺点的；不合适的adv.有毛病地；出差错地；不合适地

afieldadv.远离着(家乡)；在或去远处；在野外

awryadj.扭曲的；歪曲的adv.错误地；出岔子；歪；斜

wideadj.广泛的；广阔的；睁得大的；渊博的；偏离目标的adv.张的很大地；广阔地；没有完全获胜把握

1. The first thing we did was look for errors in our experimental design and for every conceivable scenario that could have led us astray.
   我们的第一个动作是寻找的实验设计哪里出了差错，并想遍每一种可能让我们误入歧途的状况。