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wrong
Word family
wrong1 /rɒŋ $ rɒːŋ/ ●●● S1 W1 adjectiveadj
1 not correct 不正确的WRONG/INCORRECT not correct, and not based on true facts 不正确的，错误的 OPP right
it is wrong to do something
2 be wrong (about somebody/something) to not be right in what you think or believe about someone or something 搞错；出错 SYN mistaken OPP right
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be wrong (about somebody/something)• But now, for the first time, she begins to think she might be wrong.• I want Mum to ask the doctor why they keep testing me - what do they think is wrong?• This turns out to be wrong.• Well, actually you could be forgiven for thinking that, and actually you'd be wrong.• What if the man who designed them was wrong?• But even if I was wrong about Bryce, it's impossible I could be wrong about Magee.• They argue that the legislated-excellence movement is wrong not only about how children learn, but also about what they should learn.
3 problems 问题 used to describe a situation where there are problems, or when someone is ill or unhappy 〔状况〕有问题的；〔身体〕有病的；〔人〕情绪不佳的
there is something wrong/something is wrong
wrong with
4 not the right one 不是正确的那个WRONG/INCORRECT not the one that you intended or the one that you really want 不对的，弄错了的 OPP right
5 not morally right 不道德BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS not morally right or acceptable 不道德的；不能接受的 OPP right
6 not suitable 不适合WRONG/UNSUITABLE not suitable for a particular purpose, situation, or person 〔对某目的、情况或人〕不适合的 OPP right
7 not working 不运转 if something is wrong with a vehicle or machine, it stops working properly 〔车辆或机器〕出故障的，不能正常运行的
9 be the wrong way round/around
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10 the wrong way up if something is the wrong way up, the top is where the bottom should be 〔上下〕颠倒 SYN upside down
11 take something the wrong way UNDERSTANDto be offended by a remark because you have understood it wrongly 误解某句话
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take something the wrong way• Daniel sat in silence, afraid whatever he said would be taken the wrong way.• Weeb said his father was afraid people might take it the wrong way.• Don't tell Simon that -- he might take it the wrong way.• No, that's not what I meant. You take everything the wrong way.• Don't take that the wrong way.• Everything you say, he takes it in the wrong way.• Maggie said that I shouldn't make risky jokes with assessors in case they take it the wrong way.• No matter what compliment you pay them, they always take it the wrong way.• Don't take this the wrong way, but could I stay at your place tonight?• Don't take this the wrong way, but your driving has really improved.
12. be in the wrong place at the wrong time spokenPROBLEM to get involved in trouble without intending to 在错误的时间来到错误的地点〔指无意中落入困境〕
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13 get on the wrong side of somebody DON'T LIKEto do something that gives someone a bad opinion of you, so that they do not like or respect you in the future 〔做某事〕冒犯某人，招某人讨厌
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get on the wrong side of somebody• She was going to find out shortly that she couldn't get on the wrong side of Harry without paying for it.• If you get on the wrong side of Miss Trunchbull she can liquidise you like a carrot in a kitchen blender.• Linda Smith got on the wrong side of the National Rifle Association recently.• Travis, remind me not to get on the wrong side of you again.
15. get off on the wrong foot START DOING somethingto start a job, relationship etc badly by making a mistake that annoys people 〔工作、关系等〕一开始就不顺利〔因犯错而使别人讨厌〕
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16 get the wrong end of the stick British EnglishBrE informalUNDERSTAND to understand a situation in completely the wrong way 完全误解形势
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get the wrong end of the stick• Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick. I thought she was leaving him, not the other way round.
17. be on the wrong track/tack WRONG/INCORRECTto have the wrong idea about a situation so that you are unlikely to get the result you want 〔思考时〕方向错误/路子不对头
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18. be from the wrong side of the tracks American EnglishAmEPOOR to be from a poor part of a town or a poor part of society 来自贫民区；来自下层社会
19. be the wrong side of thirty/forty etc informalOLD/NOT YOUNG to be older than 30 etc 已过30/40岁等 → get out of bed on the wrong side at bed1(8)
20 correct me if I’m wrong used as a polite way of saying that you think what you are going to say is correct 如果我错了请予纠正〔礼貌地表示自认为将要说的话是正确的〕
22. fall/get into the wrong hands if something secret or dangerous falls into the wrong hands, it is discovered by someone who may use it to harm people 〔秘密〕落入坏人手中；〔危险的事〕被小人发现
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fall/get into the wrong hands• A crossed cheque therefore gives some protection against fraud if it falls into the wrong hands.• And images of Kurds on tape could fall into the wrong hands.• But some gun dealers have stopped selling replicas, because they're worried about them falling into the wrong hands.• I will never allow Kirsty to fall into the wrong hands.• Pentagon officials say they have already had some success reducing the risk that nuclear materials will fall into the wrong hands.• Voice over Mr Foulkes is seeking Government safeguards to prevent Rayo from falling into the wrong hands.• Cards falling into the wrong hands cost the industry three hundred pounds every minute.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1,2:
adverbs
completely/totally/quite wrong
I may be completely wrong.
hopelessly wrong
verbsIn most cases judges are right, but in a few they are hopelessly wrong.
get something wrong
They’ve got their sums wrong.
be proved wrong (=be shown to be wrong)
People do not like to be proved wrong.
THESAURUS
wrong not correct or right – used about facts, answers etc, or people 〔事实、答案或人等〕错误的
For every wrong answer, you lose five points.
每答错一题就扣五分。
The figure he gave me was wrong.
他给我的数字是错的。
I think you’re wrong about that.
我觉得那件事你搞错了。
incorrect something that is incorrect is wrong because someone has made a mistake. Incorrect is more formal than wrong 错误的，不正确的〔incorrect比wrong正式〕
I’m afraid these prices are incorrect.
恐怕这些价格有误。
The doctor had made an incorrect diagnosis.
医生误诊了。
inaccurate something that is inaccurate is not exactly right and contains mistakes 不准确的，不精确的
inaccurate information
不准确的信息
ninaccurate measurements
The old maps were often inaccurate.
旧地图通常不准确。
false not based on true facts 错误的，虚假的
Are the following statements true or false?
下列说法是否正确？
He was accused of giving false information to the police.
他被指控向警方提供虚假信息。
untrue [not usually before noun] not based on true facts, especially because someone is lying or guessing 〔尤因某人说谎或猜测〕不真实的
I can’t believe he said that about me. It’s completely untrue!
我简直不敢相信他那么说我，真是一派谎言！
The allegations were untrue.
那些指控是不真实的。
misleading a misleading statement or piece of information makes people believe something that is wrong, especially because it does not give all the facts 误导的，使人误解的
The article was very misleading.
那篇文章很误导人。
nmisleading statistics
misguided a misguided decision, belief, action etc is wrong because it is based on bad judgment or understanding 〔因判断或理解有误而〕做错的，错误的
That decision seems misguided now.
现在看来那个决定是错误的。
It was the consequence of a misguided economic policy.
那是错误的经济政策造成的结果。
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 弄错的，犯错的〔you’re mistaken比you’re wrong听起来更礼貌委婉〕
She’s completely mistaken if she thinks that I don’t care about her.
如果她认为我不关心她，那她完全错了。
a mistaken belief
错误的想法
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: used to describe a situation where there are problems, or when someone is ill or unhappy
phrases
there is something/nothing wrong
There’s something wrong with this yogurt.
something/nothing is wrong
It was four whole days before anyone even noticed something was wrong.
what’s wrong
adverbsWhat’s wrong with your leg?
very wrong
Something is very wrong.
terribly/dreadfully/horribly wrong
Harry felt sure that something was terribly wrong.
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wrong• Mom always told us that stealing was wrong.• People used to believe that the world was flat, but we now know this is wrong.• The schedule must be wrong.• And you're always dead wrong.• It would make so many others wrong.• I don't deny that what I did was wrong, but I had no choice at the time.• Alice felt she had made the wrong decision.• Someone had moved the road sign so it was pointing in the wrong direction.• Do you think violence is always wrong, even in self-defence?• I was taught that abortion is wrong, even though it's not illegal.• When your forecasts are significantly wrong, find out why.• His brand of nationalism is wrong for our party and wrong for the country.• Dave's wrong for this job. He doesn't have enough patience.• I must have been wrong I suppose.• I wouldn't like you to get the wrong impression -- I do enjoy the course, but I just find it very hard work.• Myrna accidentally took the wrong medicine.• One wrong move, we realized with horror, and the doors could come tumbling down.• I tried to phone him, but it was the wrong number.• It was wrong of Sophie to take the money without asking.• The files had been put back in the wrong order.• It's wrong the way they treat that poor animal.• I think you picked the wrong time to call her.• Was I wrong to make a fuss?• It is wrong to treat people this way -- they should be given a chance to defend themselves.• The other members of the joint chiefs agreed with him that the Indochina conflict was the wrong war in the wrong place.• There's nothing wrong with making money, is there?• For every answer that is wrong, you lose five points.
got ... wrong• Anybody who reveres wine has got it all wrong.• From the start of the day to its finish, the Government have got their priorities wrong.• He acknowledges that he got his timing wrong.• If indeed the people imagined that a human death would appease the Goddess they obviously got it wrong.• It would be a shame if those doctors opposed to the reforms had once again got it wrong.• I thought his poetry was funnier than his jokes, but I often got things wrong in those days.• Considering that this was just the period when women were making history, Thompson has got it very wrong indeed.• As a financial proposition, it has either consistently got its sums wrong or the people have never wanted their palace enough.
wrong with• There's nothing wrong with making lots of money as long as you don't cheat people.• Something's gone wrong with my watch.• There's something wrong with the phone, the line's dead.• What's wrong with wearing blue socks with a black suit?• What's wrong with your car?• There's nothing wrong with your TV. The station had a power outage.
wrong way• Do not tack too much in the early stages of the beat and do not let yourself be forced the wrong way.• Weeb said his father was afraid people might take it the wrong way.• They rub each other up the wrong way, and yet end up having a raunchy scene in a motel room.• Gabriel was looking the wrong way at the crucial second.• We went the wrong way, I suppose.• He drove off the lot, up Fox the wrong way so he could park on Prospect.• At one point he drove the wrong way through a contra-flow system.• If you lift heavy weights and you lift in the wrong way, you can obviously do yourself damage.
it is wrong that• Since such fraudulent claimants are not actually unemployed, it is wrong that they should be counted as so.
wrong for• This is the wrong paint for the outside of the house.
wrong2 ●●● S2 adverbadv
2 go wrong
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go wrong• As far the contract was concerned, I don't know where I went wrong.• It is not that juries occasionally go wrong.• It was obvious that much could go wrong.• John Hill's son says he's not been given the full facts about what went wrong.• Research shows that many injured patients simply want to find out what went wrong.• Check your work again and see if you can spot where you went wrong.• If you follow the easy step-by-step instructions, you really can't go wrong.• It was soon after the birth of their first child that their relationship started to go wrong.• Only the two of you know what went wrong.• If not, what went wrong?• In case anything went wrong, I was prepared to make a dash for Armstrong.• But it all went wrong when, some 15 years ago, he flunked math and didn't get into college.• The rescue attempt went badly wrong when the building collapsed.• The experiment went wrong when the chemicals combined to form a poisonous gas.
3 get something wrong MISTAKEto make a mistake in the way you write, judge, or understand something 写错[误解，误会]某事
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get something wrong• I've been here a year now, and my boss still gets my name wrong!• Once again, the government has got it wrong.• You must have gotten the directions wrong.• You've got your facts wrong, mate - he doesn't work here any more.
4 don’t get me wrong spokenUNDERSTAND used when you think someone may understand your remarks wrongly, or be offended by them 别误会我的意思
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5 you can’t go wrong (with something) spokenDEPEND ON/RELY ON used to say that a particular object will always be suitable, satisfactory, or work well （某物）不会出问题〔用于表示总是合适、令人满意或运行良好〕
→ come out wrong at come outExamples from the Corpus
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2:
adverbs
go badly/seriously wrong
The book is a thriller about a diamond robbery that goes badly wrong.
go horribly/terribly wrong
From that moment on, everything went horribly wrong for the team.
go disastrously wrong
Help was close at hand in case the stunt went disastrously wrong.
go tragically wrong (=so that death or serious injury results)
phrasesA father and son died in a fire after a good deed for a friend went tragically wrong.
things go wrong
If things go wrong, they’ll blame me.
something/nothing/everything goes wrong
If something goes wrong with your machine, you can take it back to the dealer.
you can’t go wrong (=you cannot make a mistake)
Turn right and then right again - you really can’t go wrong.
if anything can go wrong, it will
I’m sure that if anything can go wrong, it will.
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wrong• I think you've added it up wrongly.• Rightly or wrongly, employees see 'performance pay raises' as unfair.• The police chief admitted that some prisoners had been wrongly punished.• You idiot, Todd - you did it all wrong.• The Bill ensures that there is a clear complaints procedures should things go wrong.• The brainy men all went along To see that nothing should go wrong.• They spelled my name wrong on the envelope.• You've spelled my name wrong -- there should be an 'e' at the end.
done ... wrong• Being called before a grand jury does not mean a witness has done anything wrong.• Computers store the names of people who have done wrong.• If you have a body, you must have done something wrong.• Like a country-western singer, she choruses again and again that her man has done her wrong.• Why should she be the victim when she had done nothing wrong?• She had never done anything wrong and she did not deserve to be persecuted.• I felt as if I was a schoolboy who had done something wrong and was being taken to see the headmaster.• There was almost a feeling that we had done wrong by keeping him with us.
wrong3 ●●○ noun
2 [countableC]WRONG/UNJUSTIFIED an action, judgment, or situation that is unfair 不公正的行为[判决，情形]
3 be in the wrong FAULT/BE somebody'S FAULTto make a mistake or deserve the blame for something 犯错误；应负责任
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be in the wrong• It was somewhat over-elaborate, or, rather, the complications were in the wrong places.• Hardin publicly admitted he had been in the wrong.• Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong?• I was unable to use the public toilets since I was told I was in the wrong one whichever I went to.• I was in the wrong place.• Shaw was in the wrong marriage, but Margarett was in the wrong life.• Jimmy Stewart is in the wrong place at the wrong time.• They prod us with their guns, they curse us, they shove anyone they think is in the wrong place.• We were in the wrong spot a couple of times.
4. do somebody wrong UNFAIRto treat someone badly and unfairly – used humorously 冤枉某人，不公平地对待某人〔幽默用法〕
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do somebody wrong• Most of Peggy's songs are about men who've done her wrong.
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wrong• Did the person know the difference between right and wrong?• Benjy's too young to know right from wrong.• He who wanted only to do right was so placed that he must choose between two hideous wrongs.• So what's in your catalogue of known wrongs?• Punishment for the wrongs of the regime still needs to be addressed.
right from wrong• The spectator stands beside us and helps us discern right from wrong.• And one of the distinctive features of life here has been a gradual loss of the ability to distinguish right from wrong.• But knowing right from wrong is the easy part.• I got enough sense to sit up there and tell right from wrong.• At the age of 6, a child should be able to tell right from wrong.• They need some one to guide them, to show them right from wrong.
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wrong• Both athletes felt they had been wronged by the committee's decision.• He feels himself wronged by unspoken accusations.
(1100-1200) Old Norse rangr “not correct or as planned”
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⇨ wrong 1 (the wrong answer) ⇨ wrong 2 (What's wrong?) ⇨ wrong 3 (the wrong thing to say) ⇨ wrong 4 (morally wrong) ⇨ go wrong ⇨ fail verb 2 ⇨ the wrong idea ⇨ illusion noun ⇨ get sb wrong, get sth wrong ⇨ misunderstand verb wrong noun
⇨ crime 2 (forgive past wrongs) ⇨ evil (sb can do no wrong) ⇨ in the wrong ⇨ guilty adj. wrong 1 the wrong answer 错误的答案 What's wrong? 出了什么问题？ the wrong thing to say 不恰当的话 morally wrong 不道德 wrong ♦︎ false ♦︎ mistaken ♦︎ incorrect ♦︎ inaccurate ♦︎ misguided ♦︎ untrue These words all describe sth that is not right or correct, or sb who is not right about sth. 这些词均表示不正确的、有错误的。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ to be wrong / mistaken about sth ◆ a prediction is wrong / false / incorrect / inaccurate ◆ a guess is wrong / incorrect ◆ wrong / false / mistaken / incorrect / inaccurate / untrue information ◆ a wrong / a false / a mistaken / an incorrect / an inaccurate / a misguided assumption ◆ a false / a mistaken / an inaccurate / a misguided belief ◆ to give / get the wrong / a false / a mistaken / an inaccurate impression ◆ a wrong / an incorrect answer ◆ totally wrong / false / mistaken / incorrect / inaccurate / misguided / untrue◆ completely wrong / false / mistaken / incorrect / misguided / untrue◆ quite wrong / false / mistaken / inaccurate / misguided / untrue◆ clearly wrong / false / incorrect / untrue◆ seriously wrong / mistaken / incorrect / inaccurate◆ hopelessly wrong / inaccurate / misguided◆ grossly wrong / mistaken / incorrect / inaccurate / misguided◆ simply wrong / incorrect / misguided / untrue◆ sadly wrong / mistaken / misguided◆ It is / would be wrong / false / incorrect / inaccurate / untrue to say... ■ wrong not right or correct; (of a person) not right about sb/sth 不正确的；错误的；（人）有错误的 ◆ I got all the answers wrong.我的答案都错了。 ◆ He was driving on the wrong side of the road.他开车走在逆行车道上了。 ◆ Sorry, I must have dialled the wrong number.对不起，我一定是拨错电话号码了。 ◆ You're holding the camera the wrong way up .你把照相机拿倒了。 ◆ (BrE That picture is the wrong way round .那幅画挂反了。 ◆ (NAmE the wrong way around 挂反了 ◆ I think she lives at number 40, but I could be wrong.我想她住在40号，不过我可能记错了。 ◆ She would prove him wrong whatever happened.不管发生了什么，她都会证明他是错的。 OPP right ⇨ right adj. 1 , right ⇨ true the wrong idea ⇨ illusion ▸ wrongly ◆ The sentence had been wrongly translated.这个句子翻译错了。 ◆ He assumed, wrongly, that she did not care.他以为她不在乎，可是他错了。 ■ false not true or correct; wrong because it is based on sth that is not true or correct 不真实的；不正确的；错误的 ◆ A whale is a fish. True or false? 鲸鱼是鱼，对还是错？ ◆ He used a false name to get the job.他用假名得到了这份工作。 ◆ I don't want to raise any false hopes, but I think he's still alive.我并不想让人心存奢望，但是我相信他还活着。 ◆ We had been lulled into a false sense of security (= wrongly made to feel safe) .我们受到麻痹，产生了虚假的安全感。 ◆ Buying a cheap computer is a false economy (= it will not save you money) .购买廉价的电脑看似省钱，其实并不划算。 OPP true ⇨ true false impression ⇨ illusion ▸ falsely ◆ He had been falsely accused of murder.他被诬告杀了人。 ■ mistaken wrong in your opinion or judgement; based on a wrong opinion or bad judgement 观点（或判断）错误的；（观点或判断）错误的，不正确的 ◆ I thought I knew him, but I must have been mistaken.我以为认识他，可我一定是搞错了。 ◆ I told her my secret in the mistaken belief that I could trust her.我误以为可以相信她，就把我的秘密告诉了她。 ◆ It was a case of mistaken identity (= when you think sb is a particular person but they are not) .那次是认错人了。 mistake ⇨ mistake noun 1 , mistake ⇨ misunderstand verb ▸ mistakenly ◆ He mistakenly believed that his family would stand by him.他误以为家人会支持自己。 ■ incorrect (formal ) wrong according to the facts; containing mistakes 不真实的；不准确的；有错误的 ◆ Many of the figures were incorrect.这些数字许多都不正确。 ◆ Marks will be taken off for incorrect spellings.错误拼写将被扣分。 ◆ His version of what happened is incorrect.他对所发生的事情的说法不准确。 ◆ It's technically incorrect to talk about bats 'hearing' things.严格说来，说蝙蝠“听见”什么是错误的。 OPP correct ⇨ true ▸ incorrectly ◆ A lot of people spell this incorrectly.许多人都把这个词拼写错了。 ■ inaccurate ɪnˈækjərət wrong according to the facts; containing mistakes 不真实的；不准确的；有错误的 ◆ The movie is historically inaccurate, but well worth seeing.这部电影与史实不符，但还是很值得一看。 ◆ All the maps we had were wildly inaccurate .我们所有的地图误差都非常大。 OPP accurate ⇨ exact inaccuracy ⇨ mistake 2 ▸ inaccurately ◆ She has been inaccurately described as a soul singer.她被称作是一位灵乐歌手，这并不正确。 NOTE 辨析 incorrect ; information, a belief or a description based on incorrect facts can be incorrect or inaccurate ; something that is produced, such as a film, report or map, that contains incorrect facts is inaccurate . * incorrect指事实、数字或拼写错误。incorrect和inaccurate均可修饰信息、信念或描述，指基于错误事实。inaccurate指电影、报告或地图等制成品与事实不符。 ■ misguided wrong because you have understood or judged a situation badly （因理解或判断失误）搞错的 ◆ The new proposals are totally misguided.那些新提出的建议完全错误。 ◆ In her misguided attempts to help, she only made the situation worse.她想帮忙，但方法不对，结果把事情搞得更糟。 ■ untrue [not usually before noun ] not based on facts, but invented or guessed 无事实依据；杜撰；捏造 ◆ These accusations are totally untrue.这些指控纯属捏造。 ◆ It would be untrue to say that something like this could never happen again.说这类事情再也不会发生是没有事实根据的。 OPP true ⇨ true wrong 2 the wrong answer 错误的答案 What's wrong? 出了什么问题？ the wrong thing to say 不恰当的话 morally wrong 不道德 wrong ♦︎ defective ♦︎ faulty ♦︎ up These words all describe sth that causes problems or difficulties or is not as it should be. 这些词均表示有问题的、不正常的。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ There is sth wrong / up with sb / sth. ◆ defective / faulty goods / equipment / parts / workmanship ◆ a defective / faulty memory ◆ seriously wrong / defective◆ Is anything wrong / up?◆ What's wrong / up?■ wrong [not before noun ] (informal , spoken ) causing problems or difficulties; not as it should be 引起问题（或麻烦）；有毛病；不正常 ◆ Is anything wrong? You look worried.出了什么事？看你愁眉苦脸的。 ◆ There's something wrong with the printer.打印机出了故障。 ◆ The doctor could find nothing wrong with her.医生查不出她有什么病。 OPP right ⇨ fine ▸ wrong ◆ Everything was going horribly wrong.一切都搞得一团糟。 ■ defective (formal ) dɪˈfektɪv having sth wrong or not perfect; not working or made correctly 有毛病的；有缺陷的；有问题的 ◆ The car was found to have defective brakes.发现这部车制动有缺陷。 ◆ She was born with defective hearing.她天生有听力缺陷。 ⓘ Defective (= how sth is made) , an organ in the body, or a function of the body such as sight, hearing or memory. * defective可以形容商品、设备、机器部件、做工、体内器官、人体功能如视力、听力或记忆力等有缺陷。 defect ⇨ defect ■ faulty having sth wrong or not perfect; not working or made correctly 有毛病的；有缺陷的；有问题的 ◆ The retailers blamed faulty workmanship for the problem.零售商认为问题在于做工有缺陷。 ◆ I suppose her memory's a bit faulty.我想她的记忆力有些不好了。 ⓘ Faulty (= how sth is made) . It can also describe sb's memory, but is not usually used for other functions of the body, or body organs. * faulty可以形容商品、设备、机器部件或做工不完美、有缺陷，还可以形容人的记忆力有缺陷，但是通常不用于形容人体的其他功能或体内器官。 fault ⇨ defect ■ up [not before noun ] (informal , spoken ) used to say that sth is happening, especially sth unusual or unpleasant （尤指异常或不愉快的事情）发生，出现 ◆ What's up with him? He looks furious.他怎么了？看上去怒气冲冲的。 ◆ I could tell something was up by the looks on their faces.看他们脸上的表情我就知道出事了。 wrong 3 the wrong answer 错误的答案 What's wrong? 出了什么问题？ the wrong thing to say 不恰当的话 morally wrong 不道德 wrong ♦︎ inappropriate ♦︎ unsuitable ♦︎ bad ♦︎ inconvenient ♦︎ unfit ♦︎ awkward These words all describe people or things that are not right for a particular situation. 这些词均表示不合适的、不适当的。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ wrong / inappropriate / unsuitable / inconvenient / unfit / awkward for sb / sth ◆ wrong / inappropriate / unsuitable / inconvenient / unfit to do sth ◆ the wrong / an inappropriate / a bad / an inconvenient / an awkward time ◆ most / rather inappropriate / unsuitable / inconvenient / awkward◆ highly / somewhat inappropriate / unsuitable / inconvenient◆ quite / completely / totally inappropriate / unsuitable / unfit◆ very / extremely unsuitable / inconvenient / awkward■ wrong [usually before noun ] not right for a particular situation or purpose （对某种场合或目的而言）不合适的，不适当的 ◆ He's the wrong person for the job.他不适合做这个工作。 ◆ I realized that it was the wrong thing to say.我意识到说了不该说的话。 ◆ We don't want this document falling into the wrong hands .我们不想让这份文件落入不恰当的人手里。 ⓘ In this meaning, wrong usually comes after the . 表达此义时，wrong前通常有the。 OPP right ⇨ good 2 ■ inappropriate (formal ) not right or acceptable in a particular situation （对某种场合而言）不适当的，不合适的 ◆ What's the best way for a teacher to deal with inappropriate behaviour?教师针对不当行为最好的处理方法是什么？ ◆ It would be inappropriate for me to comment on what your tutor said.我不便评价你导师说的话。 OPP appropriate ⇨ good 2 ▸ inappropriately ◆ She was inappropriately dressed for a funeral.她的穿着不适合参加葬礼。 ■ unsuitable not right or practical for a particular purpose, occasion or person （对某种场合、目的或某人而言）不适当的，不适宜的，不合适的 ◆ He was wearing shoes that were totally unsuitable for climbing.他穿了一双根本不适合爬山的鞋子。 ◆ They considered him quite unsuitable for their daughter.他们认为他一点都不适合他们的女儿。 OPP suitable ⇨ good 2 ▸ unsuitably ◆ They were unsuitably dressed for the occasion.他们的穿着在那个场合很不得体。 NOTE 辨析 Unsuitable clothes, equipment or facilities are usually wrong for a practical purpose. Inappropriate behaviour or clothes are usually wrong for social reasons. * unsuitable形容穿着、设备或设施不适于做某事。inappropriate形容行为或穿着在社交上不得体。 ■ bad [only before noun ] causing problems for sb; not based on good judgement 造成问题的；判断错误的 ◆ I know that this is a bad time to ask for help.我知道这个时候请你帮忙不合适。 ◆ He now realized that it had been a bad decision on his part.他现在意识到自己作了不恰当的决定。 ⓘ In this meaning bad usually collocates with time, timing, decision or reason . 表达此义时，bad通常与time、timing、decision或reason搭配。 OPP good ⇨ good 2 , good ⇨ good 3 ■ inconvenient (formal ) causing trouble or problems, especially concerning what you need or would like yourself 不方便的，引起麻烦的，造成困难的（尤指关乎自身需要和喜好） ◆ That's most inconvenient for me. I'm working that weekend.那个时间对我来说非常不合适。我那个周末要工作。 OPP convenient ⇨ good 2 inconvenience ⇨ nuisance ■ unfit not of an acceptable standard; not suitable 不合格的；不适合的；不适宜的 ◆ They described him as unfit to govern.他们说他这个人不适合做管理工作。 ◆ The meat was unfit for human consumption.这种肉不适合人食用。 ◆ The court claims she is an unfit mother.法庭宣称她是个不称职的母亲。 ⓘ Unfit is usually used in the phrases unfit to do sth or unfit for sth . * unfit通常用于短语unfit to do sth或unfit for sth ◆ unfit to govern / rule / stand trial / drive不适合治理／统治／受审／开车 ◆ unfit for human consumption / habitation不适于人类食用／居住 When unfit comes before a noun, it is nearly always in the phrase unfit mother . * unfit置于名词前时，几乎总是用于短语unfit mother中。 OPP fit ⇨ good 2 ■ awkward not convenient 不方便的 ◆ Have I come at an awkward time?我来得不是时候吧？ ◆ That's a bit awkward for me－could we make it earlier?那个时间我有些不方便－我们早一点可以吗？ NOTE 辨析 Inconvenient is more formal than awkward and can suggest a greater degree of inconvenience. * inconvenient比awkward正式，且表示不便的程度更大。 wrong 4 the wrong answer 错误的答案 What's wrong? 出了什么问题？ the wrong thing to say 不恰当的话 morally wrong 不道德 ➡ See also the entry for illegal 另见illegal条 wrong ♦︎ unfair ♦︎ unjust ♦︎ unequal ♦︎ immoral ♦︎ unethical ♦︎ inequitable These words all describe sb/sth that is not fair or morally right. 这些词均表示不公正的、不道德的。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ wrong / unfair / unjust of sb ◆ wrong / unfair / unjust / immoral / unethical to do sth ◆ to be wrong / unfair / unjust that... ◆ an unfair / unequal / inequitable share / distribution of sth ◆ immoral / unethical behaviour / conduct ◆ very wrong / unfair / unjust / unequal◆ highly unfair / unjust / unequal / immoral / unethical◆ quite / totally wrong / unfair / unjust / immoral◆ patently wrong / unfair / unjust■ wrong [not usually before noun ] not morally right 不道德；不义 ◆ Paying people such low wages is simply wrong.给人这么低的工钱真是不公道。 ◆ It's wrong to tell lies.说谎是不道德的。 ◆ It was wrong of me to lose my temper.我不该发脾气。 ◆ This man has done nothing wrong.这个人没干过什么坏事。 ◆ He knows that he's done wrong .他知道做了不该做的事。 ◆ There's nothing wrong with eating meat.吃肉没有什么不对。 ◆ What's wrong with leading a comfortable life?享受舒适的生活有什么不对？ OPP right ⇨ right adj. 2 wrong ⇨ evil noun ▸ wrongly ◆ She was wrongly accused of stealing.她被诬告犯了盗窃罪。 ■ unfair not right or fair according to a set of rules or moral principles; not treating people equally or as they deserve 不公正的；不公平的；待人不平等的 ◆ Most of his criticisms were grossly unfair.他的批评大都过于偏颇。 ◆ It would be unfair not to let you have a choice.不让你作选择是不公平的。 ◆ Life seems so unfair sometimes.有时人生似乎就是这么不公平。 ◆ The other team had definitely been given an unfair advantage.另一队无疑获得了不公平优势。 ◆ I don't want to be unfair to anyone, so you'll all get an equal chance.我不想对任何人不公平，所以你们的机会均等。 ◆ (BrE also I don't want to be unfair on anyone ...我不想对任何人不公平⋯ OPP fair ⇨ reasonable unfairness ⇨ inequality ▸ unfairly ◆ He was beginning to wonder if he had treated her unfairly.他开始寻思是不是待她有所不公。 ■ unjust (formal ) not deserved or fair 不公正的；不公平的；非正义的 ◆ Such unjust laws should be abolished.这样不公正的法规应当废除。 ◆ It's an unjust world that we live in.我们生活在一个不公平的世界里。 ◆ The system is corrupt and unjust.这一体制充满腐败和不公。 ⓘ Unjust accusation, law, punishment, regime, society, system and world . * unjust尤用于形容社会和法律制度，搭配词有accusation、law、punishment、regime、society、system和world。 OPP just ⇨ reasonable injustice ⇨ inequality ▸ unjustly ◆ She felt that she had been unjustly punished.她觉得受到了不公正的惩罚。 ■ unequal ʌnˈiːkwəl [usually before noun ] in which people are treated in different ways or have different advantages in a way that seems unfair 不平等的；不公平的；不均衡的 ◆ an unequal distrubution of wealth财富分配不均 ◆ They saw the war as an unequal contest between a massive superpower and a small and defenceless country.他们视这场战争为一个偌大的超级大国与一个毫无抵御能力的小国之间的不均衡对抗。 OPP equal ⇨ reasonable inequality ⇨ inequality ■ immoral (of people or their behaviour) not considered to be good or honest by most people （人或行为）不道德的，邪恶的 ◆ There's nothing immoral about wanting to earn more money.想多赚点钱没什么不对。 ◆ I think this is an unjust and immoral war.我认为这是一场非正义的、邪恶的战争。 OPP moral ⇨ good 5 immorality ⇨ evil noun ■ unethical ʌnˈeθɪkl not morally acceptable, especially by the standards of a particular profession or system （尤指按照某职业或体制的标准）不道德的，不符合道德规范的 ◆ Although it's not illegal, many people would consider it unethical.尽管不违法，许多人还是认为这样做是不道德的。 OPP ethical ⇨ good 5 ■ inequitable ɪnˈekwɪtəbl (formal ) not fair; not treating people equally 不公正的；不公平的 ◆ Distribution of wealth in the country is highly inequitable.这个国家的财富分配极度不均。 OPP equitable ⇨ reasonable
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Words used to describe situations and circumstances: against a backcloth of something, all's well that ends well, as it is/as it turns out...
Inexact and inaccurate: incorrect, inexact, wrong...
Wrong about something: mistaken, wrong, at cross purposes...
Not sensible or reasonable: unreasonable, wrong, extreme...
Morally bad or wrong: evil, wicked, gross...
Not suitable or convenient: unsuitable, inappropriate, inconvenient...
Disobedience and failure to cooperate: against someone's wishes/advice, breach, contravention...
Morally bad or wrong behaviour: evil, sin, wrong...
To treat someone unfairly: prey on, discriminate, oppress...
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