单词 | incorrectly |
释义 | incorrectin‧cor‧rect /ˌɪnkəˈrekt◂/ ●●○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► wrong Collocations not correct or right – used about facts, answers etc, or people: · For every wrong answer, you lose five points.· The figure he gave me was wrong.· I think you’re wrong about that. ► incorrect something that is incorrect is wrong because someone has made a mistake. Incorrect is more formal than wrong: · I’m afraid these prices are incorrect.· The doctor had made an incorrect diagnosis. ► inaccurate something that is inaccurate is not exactly right and contains mistakes: · inaccurate information· inaccurate measurements· The old maps were often inaccurate. ► false not based on true facts: · Are the following statements true or false?· He was accused of giving false information to the police. ► untrue [not usually before noun] not based on true facts, especially because someone is lying or guessing: · I can’t believe he said that about me. It’s completely untrue!· The allegations were untrue. ► misleading a misleading statement or piece of information makes people believe something that is wrong, especially because it does not give all the facts: · The article was very misleading.· misleading statistics ► misguided a misguided decision, belief, action etc is wrong because it is based on bad judgment or understanding: · That decision seems misguided now.· It was the consequence of a misguided economic policy. ► mistaken wrong – used about ideas and beliefs. Also used about a person being wrong. You’re mistaken sounds more polite and less direct than saying you’re wrong: · She’s completely mistaken if she thinks that I don’t care about her.· a mistaken belief Longman Language Activatorinformation/numbers/calculations etc► wrong not correct: · For every answer that is wrong, you lose five points.· I think that clock must be wrong (=showing the wrong time).get something wrong: · You must have got my email address wrong.wrong (telephone) number/address/name etc: · I tried to phone him, but it was the wrong number.· This must be the wrong address -- no one of that name lives here ► incorrect facts, figures, answers etc that are incorrect are wrong because they are not the same as the correct ones: · The information about current prices was incorrect.· incorrect spelling· They discovered later that the doctor had made an incorrect diagnosis.it is incorrect to do/say something: · It's simply incorrect to say that tobacco advertising does not influence young people. ► misleading a statement or piece of information that is misleading makes people believe something that is not true, especially because it does not give all the facts: · The article was deliberately misleading, and the newspaper has apologized.· misleading statistics· The Advertising Review Board says the adverts are deliberately misleading.give a misleading impression/statement etc: · Agents often gave a false or misleading description of the houses they were selling. ► inaccurate information, numbers etc that are inaccurate are not exactly right or contain some mistakes: · The old maps were usually inaccurate or incomplete.· TV ratings figures are often inaccurate.· He admitted he had given the committee 'inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable information'. totally/wildly inaccurate (=very inaccurate): · Figures quoted in the article are wildly inaccurate. ► bad: bad grammar/English/Italian etc not spoken or written correctly: · You will lose marks for bad grammar in the exam.· Robert ordered two beers in very bad Spanish.· Masanori is the worst student in the class -- his spelling's bad and his grammar's terrible. ► be out British /be off American if a measurement, result, figure etc is out , it is wrong because the numbers have not been calculated correctly: · These sales figures must be out. We certainly haven't made that much money this year.be out by $10/50 centimetres etc: · My last bank statement was off by $60. ► be way off the mark if someone's guess, opinion etc is way off the mark , their idea about a situation is completely wrong: · No, you're way off the mark -- he was born in 1736. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the correct/incorrect answer Word family· You get 5 points for each correct answer. ► an incorrect/wrong diagnosis· The doctors apparently made an incorrect diagnosis. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► politically· Is a suntan just politically incorrect?· The downside of cutting the Scouts a little slack is too politically incorrect to imagine.· He has escaped lightly from other brushes with the law, and from politically incorrect condemnations of homosexuality, feminism and contraception.· Another ruled that a grassy lawn was politically incorrect on the grounds that not all children have gardens.· Nora says it is not her island, that the idea of land ownership is absurd, not to mention politically incorrect.· And, whispers an politically incorrect imp, than the pre-colonial and post-independence eras as well. NOUN► answer· In many instances, the same incomplete or inappropriate strategy was frequently used, producing the same incorrect answer.· The 20-question survey had seven so-called positive questions about health care, which had correct or incorrect answers.· Even so, the obvious incorrect answer 15 was given by more pupils than the correct answer. WORD FAMILYnouncorrectioncorrectnesscorrectiveadjectivecorrect ≠ incorrectcorrectiveverbcorrectadverbcorrectly ≠ incorrectly 1not correct or true: The information you gave us was incorrect.► see thesaurus at wrong2not following the rules of polite or fair behaviour SYN impolite: It would be incorrect of me to comment.—incorrectly adverb: Sorry, you answered incorrectly. |
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