| 单词 | be on the wrong track |
| 释义 | be on the wrong trackbe on the wrong track 1 CORRECTWRONG/INCORRECTto think in a way that is likely to lead to a correct or incorrect result 思路正确/错误 We’ve had the initial test results and it looks as though we’re on the right track. 我们有了初步的试验结果，看起来我们的思路是正确的。 Examples from the Corpus be on the right/wrong track• Dole was on the right track when he talked about tolerance, but he mysteriously dropped it once he got the nomination.• I knew I was on the right track when I felt that thrill of pleasure at placing object, not painting it.• And other signs helped convince me that I was on the right track.• He hoped the man was on the right track and did his best to believe that he was.• The officers consequently had little idea whether they were on the right track or not.• A few people, though, were on the right track.• You are on the right track so follow your nose. → be on the right/wrong track at track1(2) 2 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 Examples from the Corpus be on the wrong track/tack• He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again.• I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.• I knew I was on the wrong track when the tall reeds broke to reveal the brown-bellied river. → be on the wrong track/tack at wrong1(10) |
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