1ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ]不对的；不正常的；错误的 If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong. 不对的；不正常的；错误的
Their instincts warned them something was amiss.
他们直觉上感到有什么地方不对劲儿。
Something is radically amiss in our health care system. [+ in]
我们的保健制度存在重大缺陷。
SYN wrong, mistaken, confused, false
2PHRASE 会起作用；会称心如意；不会出错 If you say that something would not go amiss or would not come amiss, you mean that it would be pleasant and useful. 会起作用；会称心如意；不会出错 [British]
A bit of charm and humour would not go amiss.
人有点吸引力和幽默感总是好的。
The cracks are showing in the walls and a lick of paint would not come amiss.