| 单词 | wrong |
| 释义 | wrong (rɒŋ , US rɔːŋ ) Word forms: wrongs , wronging , wronged 1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] A1 If you say there is something wrong, you mean there is something unsatisfactory about the situation, person, or thing you are talking about. Pain is the body's way of telling us that something is wrong. Nobody seemed to notice anything wrong. ...a relationship that felt wrong from the start. He sensed that something was very wrong. What's wrong with him? [+ with] Synonyms: amiss, faulty, unsatisfactory, not right 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A1 If you choose the wrong thing, person, or method, you make a mistake and do not choose the one that you really want. He went to the wrong house. The wrong man had been punished. Could you have given them the wrong information by mistake? There is no right or wrong way to do these exercises. Wrong is also an adverb. You've done it wrong. I must have dialled wrong. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A1 If something such as a decision, choice, or action is the wrong one, it is not the best or most suitable one. I really made the wrong decision there. The wrong choice of club might limit your chances of success. We got married when I was 30 for all the wrong reasons. 4. adjective A1 If something is wrong, it is incorrect and not in accordance with the facts. How do you know that this explanation is wrong? 20 per cent of the calculations are wrong. ...a clock which showed the wrong time. Lots of people got the questions wrong. Wrong is also an adverb. I must have added it up wrong, then. It looks like it's spelled wrong. I can see exactly where he went wrong. wrongly adverb [ADVERB with verb] B2 A child was wrongly diagnosed as having a bone tumour. Civilians assume, wrongly, that everything in the military runs smoothly. Synonyms: incorrectly, falsely, mistakenly, by mistake 5. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B1 If something is wrong or goes wrong with a machine or piece of equipment, it stops working properly. We think there's something wrong with the computer. [+ with] Something must have gone wrong with the satellite link. [+ with] Synonyms: defective, not working, faulty, out of order 6. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE, ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] A2 If you are wrong about something, what you say or think about it is not correct. I was wrong about it being a casual meeting. [+ about] Am I wrong in thinking that? It would be wrong to suggest that we are emotionally weaker than our forefathers. He was wrong to call it science. I'm sure you've got it wrong. Kate isn't like that. It's been very nice to prove them wrong. 7. adverb [ADVERB after verb] You can use wrong in expressions such as you thought wrong and you heard wrong to tell someone that what they thought or were told is incorrect, usually when you are annoyed. [feelings] 8. adjective [ADJECTIVE to-infinitive] B2 If you think that someone was wrong to do something, you think that they should not have done it because it was bad or immoral. She was wrong to leave her child alone. Synonyms: bad, criminal, illegal, evil Wrong is also a noun. ...a man who believes that he has done no wrong. 9. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] B2 Wrong is used to refer to activities or actions that are considered to be morally bad and unacceptable. Is it wrong to try to save the life of someone you love? It is wrong that we have to tell ill people to go somewhere else to look for treatment. We don't consider we did anything wrong. You mustn't do that. It's wrong. The only thing I consider wrong is when you hurt someone. There is nothing wrong with journalists commenting on the attractiveness of artists. [+ with] Wrong is also a noun. Johnson didn't seem to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong. Synonyms: opposite, inside, reverse, inverse 10. countable noun A wrong is an unfair or immoral action. I intend to right that wrong. The insurance company should not be held liable for the wrongs of one of its agents. [+ of] Synonyms: offence, injury, crime, abuse 11. verb If someone wrongs you, they treat you in an unfair way. You have wronged my mother. [VERB noun] She felt she'd been wronged. [VERB noun] Those who have wronged must be ready to say: 'We have hurt you by this injustice.' [VERB] Synonyms: mistreat, abuse, hurt, injure 12. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] You use wrong to describe something which is not thought to be socially acceptable or desirable. If you went to the wrong school, you won't get the job. The prospect of easy profits has attracted the wrong kind of businessman. 13. don't get me wrong phrase You say 'Don't get me wrong' when you want to make sure that someone does not get an incorrect idea about what you are doing or saying, or about why you are doing or saying it. Don't get me wrong, it's interesting work. But it's not permanent. I mean, don't get me wrong. Joanie's my best friend, but she can be kind of a pain sometimes. 14. go wrong phrase B1 If a situation goes wrong, it stops progressing in the way that you expected or intended, and becomes much worse. It all went horribly wrong. Nearly everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. Synonyms: fail, flop [informal], fall through, come to nothing 15. in the wrong phrase If someone who is involved in an argument or dispute has behaved in a way which is morally or legally wrong, you can say that they are in the wrong. He didn't press charges because he was in the wrong. She was the one in the wrong. Synonyms: guilty, mistaken, at fault, off course 16. two wrongs don't make a right convention If someone says 'Two wrongs don't make a right', they mean that you should not do harm to a person who has done harm to you, even if you think that person deserves it. 17. not far wrong phrase Someone or something that is not far wrong, not far out, or not far off is almost correct or almost accurate. I hadn't been far wrong in my estimate. Robertson is not far off her target. 18. to get off on the wrong foot phrase If someone gets off on the wrong foot in a new situation, they make a bad start by doing something in completely the wrong way. Even though they had been preparing for the election for some time, they got off on the wrong foot. 19. to get hold of the wrong end of the stick phrase If someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick, they do not understand something correctly and get the wrong idea about it. [informal] 20. to be barking up the wrong tree phrase [usually cont] If you say that someone is barking up the wrong tree, you mean that they are following the wrong course of action because their beliefs or ideas about something are incorrect. [informal] Scientists in Switzerland realised that most other researchers had been barking up the wrong tree. Quotations: A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterdayMiscellanies Two wrongs don't make a right Idioms: not put a foot wrong [British] to not make any mistakes John Walker has said that all great athletes have a season in which they don't put a foot wrong. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get off on the wrong foot to start a relationship or situation badly Every time I come home on leave, we seem to get off on the wrong foot. We argue a lot. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be caught on the wrong foot to be surprised by something that happens quickly and unexpectedly, because you are not ready for it The supermarket chain seems to have been caught on the wrong foot, still trying to escape its 'cheap' past just as it should be capitalizing on that record. Again and again European and UN diplomacy has been wrong-footed by events in the Balkans. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers on the wrong end of something unsuccessful in an activity or situation or at some disadvantage because of it A goal from Shaun Goater, a Bermudan international, left Howard Kendall's team on the wrong end of a 1-0 scoreline. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone got out of bed the wrong side or someone got out of bed on the wrong side said to mean that someone is in a very bad mood without there seeming to be any obvious reason for it Sorry I was so unpleasant when I arrived this morning. I must have got out of bed the wrong side. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers back the wrong horse to support the wrong person, for example the loser in a contest or election His chances of further political promotion were undermined by his backing the wrong horse in the leadership race. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers get the wrong end of the stick to completely misunderstand something People are so easily confused, and so often get the wrong end of the stick. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers on the wrong track acting or progressing in a way that is likely to result in failure Polls show that around 55 per cent of voters believe the country is headed on the wrong track. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come from the wrong side of the tracks to come from a poor, unfashionable, and lower-class area of town Here are two sisters who come from the wrong side of the tracks in Los Angeles and have come to dominate the world of women's tennis. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers bark up the wrong tree to follow the wrong course of action because your beliefs or ideas about something are incorrect If you plan to become a writer because it will make you lots of money, you're barking up the wrong tree. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers rub someone up the wrong way [British] or rub someone the wrong way to annoy someone a great deal Ella had an uncommon knack of rubbing everyone up the wrong way. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: dead wrong It pulled no punches but its essential conclusion that the intelligence was 'dead wrong' has not been seriously challenged. Times, Sunday Times They might be dead wrong, but let them express their perspective before you tell them that. Christianity Today It's powerful stuff, even if it ultimately turns out to be dead wrong. Times, Sunday Times But they are dead wrong. Christianity Today He was dead wrong on both counts. Times, Sunday Times Now, while she was a lovely lady, she was flat wrong on that one. The Sun His principles are extremist and flat wrong. The Sun And that’s just flat wrong. Chicago Sun-Times Tenet reacted to the publication of this report by calling it flat wrong. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That idea was flat wrong. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Objectionable as this attitude may be, the consequences go beyond a failure to acknowledge a historical wrong. Times, Sunday Times How do we atone for a historical wrong? Times, Sunday Times We urge readers to give what you can and help us right this shameful historical wrong. The Sun Only a complete and immediate unconditional pardon will, in a very small measure, right this historical wrong. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The focus was on conflict, injustice, the righting of historical wrongs. Times,Sunday Times It's also a tacit admission from the industry of past wrongs and, for the generousminded, something of an olive branch. Times,Sunday Times It would be better to remember past wrongs in ways that bring people together rather than divide them. Times, Sunday Times Correcting past wrongs through an official apology has become the order of the day. Times, Sunday Times By improving governance, encouraging young people and seeking amends for past wrongs, trust can be rebuilt and confidence restored. Times, Sunday Times The past cannot be changed, of course, but a person may be trying to get even for past wrongs by weighing the future proportionately. Christianity Today The depth with which we feel injustice, and the way we respond to it emotionally, rather than rationally, may also underlie extreme reactions to perceived wrongs. Times, Sunday Times Similarly, little happens to heal the breach between two warring factions until each can accept the other, then truly forgive the offenders for real or perceived wrongs. Christianity Today Another reason to produce the film, then, was to right his own perceived wrongs. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, it's still down for the wrong date now they have changed it to winter! The Sun First it had the wrong date on it. Times,Sunday Times Then it had a different wrong date on it. Times,Sunday Times In one final irony, her headstone lists the wrong date of birth—adding five years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The passport contains at least six errors, including an incomplete name, different identity numbers and a wrong date of birth, she said. Times,Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 错误的, 错误地, 错的 Japanese: 間違った, 間違って, 誤った |
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