| 单词 | incorrect |
| 释义 | incorrect (once / 1378 pages) adj Incorrect things are wrong or mistaken. Driving the incorrect direction on the highway can be dangerous. Turn around! Using the incorrect name when you greet someone (or eating your soup with the incorrect spoon at a fancy dinner) can be embarrassing. A doctor giving you the incorrect diagnosis is never good. When something is correct, it's proper, accurate, truthful, or without errors, and you get incorrect by adding the "not" prefix, in-. WORD FAMILYincorrect: incorrectly, incorrectness+/correct: correctable, corrected, correctedly, correcting, correctingly, correction, corrective, correctly, correctness, corrects, incorrect/correctable: uncorrectable/corrected: uncorrected/correction: correctional, corrections/correctional: correctionally/corrective: correctively, correctives/correctness: correctnesses/incorrectness: incorrectnesses USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Trump pointed to the CIA’s incorrect assessment in 2003 that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) Mistakes ranged from sloppy record-keeping to the dispensing of incorrect drugs. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Jordan said the report that Chris Paul was also involved in the accident was incorrect. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1adj not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth an incorrect calculation Syn|Ant wrong inaccurate not exact erroneouscontaining or characterized by error fallaciousbased on an incorrect or misleading notion or information false, mistakenarising from error impropernot suitable or right or appropriate falsenot in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality correct, right free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth accurateconforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy accurate, exact, precise(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct letter-perfect, word-perfectcorrect to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words straightfollowing a correct or logical method propermarked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness trueconsistent with fact or reality; not false 2adj not in accord with established usage or procedure it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts Syn wrong improper not suitable or right or appropriate 3adj characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules an incorrect transcription Syn faulty, wrong inaccurate not exact 4adj (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles Syn ill-formed, ungrammatical not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage |
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