mislocation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌmɪs.ləʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌmɪs.loʊˈkeɪ.ʃən/
定位错误
the act of wrongly saying or thinking that something is in a particular place or position
The book has not been well edited: examples of this include the mislocation of Aubeterre in the map on page 3, and the misidentification of a photograph on page 300.
It is possible that later scribes recognized the apparent mislocation of the temporal marker and decided to restore it to its proper position. 有可能后来的抄写员发现了时间标记的明显错位，并决定将其恢复到正确的位置。
定位失败
a failure to find the exact position of someone or something
After a prisoner went missing inside the jail, there was said to be a failure to inform the controller about his "mislocation". 一名囚犯在监狱内失踪后，据说没有通知监狱管理员对他的“定位失败”。