单词	awry
释义	awry adverb or adjective ə-ˈrī  1 : off the correct or expected course : amiss Their plans went awry. 2 : in a turned or twisted position or direction : askew His wig was put on all awry, with the tail straggling about his neck. Charles Dickens Synonyms askew aslant atilt cock-a-hoop cockeyed crazy crooked listing lopsided oblique off-kilter pitched skewed slanted slanting slantwise tilted tipping uneven See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences In his 1942 story "Runaround," Isaac Asimov offered his now-famous Three Laws of Robotics: A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; a robot must obey orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; and a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. Most of Asimov's stories deal with things going awry because these laws don't equip robots to tackle real-world situations. Robert J. Sawyer, Science, 16 Nov. 2007 Beer is made up of a complex concoction of substances that stretch well beyond simply that of water and ethanol. There is ample opportunity, then, for things to go awry in the beer-making process. David Filmore, Today's Chemist at Work, January 2002 If you forget to sign your return, speckle it with correction fluid, or assemble the pages in the wrong order, the agent may take a much closer look to see if anything else is awry. Janine S. Pouliot, Parenting, April 1997 I was proud of my schoolteacher father. If his suit was out of press, and his necktie knotted awry, I was too new to the world to notice. John Updike, New Yorker, 10 Mar. 1997 Recent Examples on the Web Chris Evans voices the Space Ranger, who has his confidence shaken when a strange adventure on a distant planet goes awry. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2022 Southwest Airlines passengers now have extra flexibility when their plans go awry. Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022 And this may make a difference with aging when things begin to go awry. Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 27 July 2022 The key, Salvo says, is in developing the resilience to reshape your plans when things go awry. Kat Eschner, Fortune, 27 July 2022 Fueled by drugs and hard feelings, a party game goes awry and leads to a series of dead bodies and a decreasing bunch of bickering, backstabbing survivors. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2022 Oftentimes, if innovation goes awry, like the mental health impact of Facebook and Instagram on youth, in hindsight, there’s remorse for bringing these technologies to life. Elie Ohayon, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Generally, credit card issuers will require you to have paid for your flight or hotel with their card to be eligible for reimbursement if your trip goes awry. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 16 June 2022 But when the trip goes awry, the social hierarchy onboard shifts. Douglas Greenwood, Vogue, 30 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology see wry entry 1 First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Kids Definition awry adverb or adjective ə-ˈrī  1 : turned or twisted to one side : askew His hat was all awry. 2 : out of the right course : amiss The plans had gone awry. awry 1 of 2 adjective as in tilted inclined or twisted to one side the shutters that still remained on the run-down old house were all awry Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance tilted uneven crooked askew oblique skewed tipping lopsided aslant atilt crazy pitched listing slanting slanted slantwise off-kilter distorted cockeyed out of plumb off plumb unbalanced asymmetrical unsymmetrical cock-a-hoop disordered contorted asymmetric irregular Antonyms & Near Antonyms straight even level regular orderly uniform balanced symmetrical symmetric ordered See More awry 2 of 2 adverb as in wrong off the desired or intended path or course their plans for an outdoor wedding went awry when they got a freak hailstorm the night before Synonyms & Similar Words wrong astray badly afield amiss incorrectly inappropriately improperly wrongly mistakenly inadequately insufficiently faultily unpromisingly Antonyms & Near Antonyms well perfectly right aright properly correctly appropriately favorably auspiciously promisingly rightly suitably fittingly See More
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