wrong /rɒŋ/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  ADJ If you say there is something wrong, you mean there is something unsatisfactory about the situation, person, or thing you are talking about. 有毛病的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  Pain is the body's way of telling us that something is wrong.

  疼痛是身体在告诉我们有地方出毛病了。

  例：

  Nobody seemed to notice anything wrong.

  似乎没人注意到有什么问题。

  例：

  What's wrong with him?

  他怎么啦？

• 2. 

  ADJ If you choose the wrong thing, person, or method, you make a mistake and do not choose the one that you really want. 错误的

  例：

  He went to the wrong house.

  他走错了房子。

  例：

  The wrong man had been punished.

  罚错了人。

• 3. 

  ADV Wrong is also an adverb. 错误地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  You've done it wrong.

  你做错了。

• 4. 

  ADJ If something such as a decision, choice, or action is the wrong one, it is not the best or most suitable one. 不恰当的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  I really made the wrong decision there.

  在那一点上我的决定确实不恰当。

  例：

  The wrong choice of job might limit your chances of success.

  工作选择不当可能会限制你成功的机会。

• 5. 

  ADJ If something is wrong, it is incorrect and not in accordance with the facts. 错的

  例：

  How do you know that this explanation is wrong?

  你怎么知道这个解释错了？

  例：

  ...a clock which showed the wrong time.

  …一座时间不准的钟。

• 6. 

  ADV Wrong is also an adverb. 错地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  I must have added it up wrong, then.

  那我一定是加错了。

  例：

  It looks like it's spelled wrong.

  看起来像是拼错了。

• 7. 

  wrongly ADV 错地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  A child was wrongly diagnosed as having a bone tumor.

  一个孩子被误诊为有骨瘤。

• 8. 

  ADJ If something is wrong or goes wrong with a machine or piece of equipment, it stops working properly. (机器或设备) 有问题的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  We think there's something wrong with the computer.

  我们认为计算机出了问题。

• 9. 

  ADJ If you are wrong about something, what you say or think about it is not correct. 错的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  I was wrong about it being a casual meeting.

  我错认为那是一次非正式的会面。

  例：

  I'm sure you've got it wrong. Kate isn't like that.

  我确信你错了，凯特不像那样。

• 10. 

  ADJ 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. 不应该的 [ADJ to-inf]

  例：

  She was wrong to leave her child alone.

  她丢下孩子是不应该的。

• 11. 

  N-UNCOUNT Wrong is also a noun. 错事

  例：

  ...a man who believes that he has done no wrong.

  …一个相信自己没做错什么的男子。

• 12. 

  ADJ Wrong is used to refer to activities or actions that are considered to be morally bad and unacceptable. 不道德的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  Is it wrong to try to save the life of someone you love?

  尽力挽救你爱的人的生命错了吗？

  例：

  They thought slavery was morally wrong.

  他们当时认为奴隶制是不道义的。

• 13. 

  N-UNCOUNT Wrong is also a noun. 不道德

  例：

  Johnson didn't seem to be able to tell the difference between right and wrong.

  约翰逊似乎不能明辨是非。

• 14. 

  N-COUNT A wrong is an unfair or immoral action. 不公正的行为; 不道德的行为

  例：

  No matter how difficult it might be, she had to right the terrible wrong she'd done to him.

  不管有多难，她都得纠正她对他犯下的可怕错误。

• 15. 

  ADJ You use wrong to describe something that is not thought to be socially acceptable or desirable. 不被认可的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  If you went to the wrong school, you won't get the job.

  如果你上了一个不被认可的学校，你就会找不到工作。

• 16. 

  PHRASE If a situation goes wrong, it stops progressing in the way that you expected or intended, and becomes much worse. 出问题

  例：

  We should investigate what happened, what went wrong.

  我们应该调查发生了什么事情，什么地方出了问题。

• 17. 

  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. (道义或法律上) 错的

  例：

  He didn't press charges because he was in the wrong.

  他没有提起诉讼，因为是他不对。

• 18. 

  to get off on the wrong foot →see foot

• 19. 

  to get hold of the wrong end of the stick →see stick