wrong

Word family noun wrong wrongerwrongfulnesswrongnesswrongdoerwrongdoingadjective wrong wrongful wrongousverb wrong adverb wrong wrongly wrongfully wrongously

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

Your calculations must be wrong.

你肯定算错了。

I think I got question 3 wrong.

我想第三题我做错了。

it is wrong to do something

It is wrong to assume that technological advance brings a higher quality of life.

认为科技的进步能提高生活质量是错误的。

I wish you’d stop trying to prove me wrong (=show that I am wrong) all the time.

我希望你不要总是想证明我错了。

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

No, you’re wrong. Brett wouldn’t do a thing like that.

不，你错了。布雷特不会做那样的事。

I was wrong about the new guy – he’s not Belgian, he’s French.

我把那个新来的家伙的情况搞错了——他不是比利时人，而是法国人。

That’s where you’re wrong! We never slept together.

你错就错在这里！我们从未上过床。

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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

When he didn’t come back that night, I knew that something was wrong.

那天晚上他没回来，我就知道出问题了。

wrong with

What is wrong with our society? People just don’t seem to care anymore.

我们的社会是怎么啦？人们好像都无所谓了。

Is anything wrong? You haven’t said more than two words since you got here.

出什么事啦？你到这儿以后还没说超过两句话呢。

Dave’s got something wrong with his foot.

戴夫的一只脚出了点毛病。

Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong.

别担心，没问题的。

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

The letter was delivered to the wrong address.

信送错地址了。

driving on the wrong side of the road

在马路上逆向行驶

You’ve got the wrong man. I didn’t kill her.

你们抓错人了，我没有杀她。

I think we went the wrong way at that last turning.

我认为我们在刚才那个转弯处转错方向了。

There’s no one called Julia here. You must have the wrong number (=wrong telephone number).

这里没有叫朱莉娅的人。你肯定是拨错号码了。

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

it is wrong that

It’s wrong that people should have to sleep on the streets.

有人不得不露宿街头，这让人无法接受。

it is wrong to do something

We all accept that it is wrong to torture people.

我们都同意严刑逼供是不对的。

We weren’t doing anything wrong!

我们没有做任何不正当的事！

wrong with

There’s nothing wrong with making a profit, provided you don’t cheat anyone.

只要不是欺骗别人，赚取利润没有什么不对。

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

It’s the wrong time of year to be planning a holiday.

在一年中的这个时间安排休假是不合适的。

wrong for

Anna and I were wrong for each other in dozens of ways (=not suited for a romantic relationship with each other).

我和安娜在许多方面都彼此不适合。

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

wrong with

There’s something wrong with the car again.

这汽车又出毛病了。

→ go wrong at wrong2(2)

n8 unpleasant informal unpleasant and upsetting or offensive – often used humorously

That joke's just wrong, man!

9 be the wrong way round/around

a) ORDER/SEQUENCEto be in the wrong order 〔次序〕颠倒，相反

These two paragraphs are the wrong way round.

这两个段落次序颠倒了。

b) WRONG/INCORRECTif something is the wrong way round, the back is where the front should be 前后弄反

You’ve got your T-shirt on the wrong way around.

你的T恤前后穿反了。

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be the wrong way round/around• Church twisted his head sideways as if the writing were the wrong way round.

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

The painting was hung the wrong way up.

这幅画挂倒了。

11 take something the wrong way UNDERSTANDto be offended by a remark because you have understood it wrongly 误解某句话

I like you. Don’t take this the wrong way, now. I mean as a friend.

我喜欢你。不要误解，我的意思是作为朋友。

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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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be in the wrong place at the wrong time• Kambule claims he was just a bystander when the shooting occurred, a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time.• The driver was drunk and hit her as she was crossing the road. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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

I wouldn’t like to get on the wrong side of her.

我不想招她讨厌。

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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.

14. get on the wrong side of the law CRIMEto get into trouble with the police 与警方发生麻烦；犯事

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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get off on the wrong foot• We got off on the wrong foot the other day and it was my fault.• We just got off on the wrong foot the other day.• Unfortunately, Pope got off on the wrong foot with his new troops.

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

Geoff had got the wrong end of the stick, and thought I was angry with him.

杰夫完全误解了，他以为我生他的气了。

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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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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.

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〕

Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t you say you were going to do it?

如果我错了请纠正，但你不是说过你打算做这事吗？

21 you’re not wrong spoken used to agree with someone 你没有错〔表示同意〕

‘This government is ruining the country!’ ‘You’re not wrong there!’

“这个政府正在把国家毁掉！”“说得一点没错！”

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

In most cases judges are right, but in a few they are hopelessly wrong.

verbs

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

What’s wrong with your leg?

adverbs

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.

There’s something wrong with• Spike There's something wrong with the goggles though.• Spike There's something wrong with this yogurt.

wrong2 S2 adverbadv

1 WRONG/INCORRECTnot in the correct way 错误地，不正确地 OPP right

You’ve spelt my name wrong.

你把我的名字拼错了。

What? Have I done it wrong?

什么？我做得不对吗？

I asked him to sort those files, but he’s done it all wrong (=in completely the wrong way).

我让他整理这些文件，可是他弄得根本不对。

2 go wrong

a) BROKENto stop working properly 出毛病，出故障

Something’s gone wrong with my watch.

我的手表出毛病了。

b) MISTAKEto make a mistake during a process so that you do not get the right result 〔在过程中〕出错，弄错

Follow these instructions and you can’t go wrong (=you are sure to succeed).

按照这些说明去做，就不会出错。

c) FAILto do something that makes a plan, relationship etc fail 〔计划、关系等〕出现问题

Thinking back on the marriage, I just don’t know where we went wrong.

回想这段婚姻，我真不知道我们的问题出在哪里。

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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

This isn’t it. We must have got the address wrong.

不是这里，我们肯定把地址搞错了。

get/have it all wrong (=understand a situation in completely the wrong way) 完全误解[曲解]

No, no – you’ve got it all wrong! We’re just friends!

不，不——你完全搞错了！我们只是朋友！

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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

Don’t get me wrong – I like Jenny.

别误会——我喜欢珍妮。

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don’t get me wrong• I like Jenny, don't get me wrong, but I do think she acts a little childishly at times.• Don't get me wrong - I like Jenny, but she can be a little bossy.• Don't get me wrong, I love my family, I just don't want to be with them all the time.

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〕

You can’t go wrong with a little black dress, can you?

穿件黑色小礼服总不会有错，是吧？

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you can’t go wrong (with something)• You can't go wrong with a dark gray suit.

→ come out wrong at come out

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)

A father and son died in a fire after a good deed for a friend went tragically wrong.

phrases

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

1 [uncountableU]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS behaviour that is not morally right 坏事；恶行

He’s too young to know right from wrong.

他太小，还不能辨别是非。

Those who do wrong should be punished.

干坏事的人应该受到惩罚。

somebody can do no wrong (=they are perfect) 某人不会做错事

Nathan adored her, and she could do no wrong in his eyes.

内森非常爱她，在他眼里她做什么都是对的。

2 [countableC]WRONG/UNJUSTIFIED an action, judgment, or situation that is unfair 不公正的行为[判决，情形]

The black population suffered countless wrongs at the hands of a racist regime.

在一个实行种族主义的政权下，黑人受尽了冤屈。

right a wrong (=bring justice to an unfair situation) 纠正错误；平反冤屈

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

Which driver was in the wrong?

是哪个司机的责任？

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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.

5. two wrongs don’t make a right spokenUNFAIR used to say that if someone does something bad to you, you should not do something bad to them 冤冤相报何时了；以牙还牙行不通〔指不应报复〕

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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.

right a wrong• Most problems arise from neglect and, since repairs involve skilled labour, righting a wrong can be expensive.• Its business is not to right wrongs, but to make money.

wrong4 verb [transitiveT]

formalUNFAIR to treat or judge someone unfairly 不公正地对待，冤枉

Both sides felt that they had been wronged.

双方都觉得自己被冤枉了。

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wrong• Both athletes felt they had been wronged by the committee's decision.• He feels himself wronged by unspoken accusations.

Origin wrong1

(1100-1200) Old Norse rangr “not correct or as planned”

→n COLLOCATIONS1 →n COLLOCATIONS2 →THESAURUS1wrong2 adverbadv →n COLLOCATIONS1wrong3 nounwrong4 verb

单词	wrong
释义	wrong Word family noun wrong wrongerwrongfulnesswrongnesswrongdoerwrongdoingadjective wrong wrongful wrongousverb wrong adverb wrong wrongly wrongfully wrongously 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 Your calculations must be wrong. 你肯定算错了。 I think I got question 3 wrong. 我想第三题我做错了。 it is wrong to do something It is wrong to assume that technological advance brings a higher quality of life. 认为科技的进步能提高生活质量是错误的。 I wish you’d stop trying to prove me wrong (=show that I am wrong) all the time. 我希望你不要总是想证明我错了。 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 No, you’re wrong. Brett wouldn’t do a thing like that. 不，你错了。布雷特不会做那样的事。 I was wrong about the new guy – he’s not Belgian, he’s French. 我把那个新来的家伙的情况搞错了——他不是比利时人，而是法国人。 That’s where you’re wrong! We never slept together. 你错就错在这里！我们从未上过床。 Examples from the Corpus 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 When he didn’t come back that night, I knew that something was wrong. 那天晚上他没回来，我就知道出问题了。 wrong with What is wrong with our society? People just don’t seem to care anymore. 我们的社会是怎么啦？人们好像都无所谓了。 Is anything wrong? You haven’t said more than two words since you got here. 出什么事啦？你到这儿以后还没说超过两句话呢。 Dave’s got something wrong with his foot. 戴夫的一只脚出了点毛病。 Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong. 别担心，没问题的。 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 The letter was delivered to the wrong address. 信送错地址了。 driving on the wrong side of the road 在马路上逆向行驶 You’ve got the wrong man. I didn’t kill her. 你们抓错人了，我没有杀她。 I think we went the wrong way at that last turning. 我认为我们在刚才那个转弯处转错方向了。 There’s no one called Julia here. You must have the wrong number (=wrong telephone number). 这里没有叫朱莉娅的人。你肯定是拨错号码了。 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 it is wrong that It’s wrong that people should have to sleep on the streets. 有人不得不露宿街头，这让人无法接受。 it is wrong to do something We all accept that it is wrong to torture people. 我们都同意严刑逼供是不对的。 We weren’t doing anything wrong! 我们没有做任何不正当的事！ wrong with There’s nothing wrong with making a profit, provided you don’t cheat anyone. 只要不是欺骗别人，赚取利润没有什么不对。 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 It’s the wrong time of year to be planning a holiday. 在一年中的这个时间安排休假是不合适的。 wrong for Anna and I were wrong for each other in dozens of ways (=not suited for a romantic relationship with each other). 我和安娜在许多方面都彼此不适合。 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 wrong with There’s something wrong with the car again. 这汽车又出毛病了。 → go wrong at wrong2(2) n8 unpleasant informal unpleasant and upsetting or offensive – often used humorously That joke's just wrong, man! 9 be the wrong way round/around a) ORDER/SEQUENCEto be in the wrong order 〔次序〕颠倒，相反 These two paragraphs are the wrong way round. 这两个段落次序颠倒了。 b) WRONG/INCORRECTif something is the wrong way round, the back is where the front should be 前后弄反 You’ve got your T-shirt on the wrong way around. 你的T恤前后穿反了。 Examples from the Corpus be the wrong way round/around• Church twisted his head sideways as if the writing were the wrong way round. 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 The painting was hung the wrong way up. 这幅画挂倒了。 11 take something the wrong way UNDERSTANDto be offended by a remark because you have understood it wrongly 误解某句话 I like you. Don’t take this the wrong way, now. I mean as a friend. 我喜欢你。不要误解，我的意思是作为朋友。 Examples from the Corpus 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〕 Examples from the Corpus be in the wrong place at the wrong time• Kambule claims he was just a bystander when the shooting occurred, a kid in the wrong place at the wrong time.• The driver was drunk and hit her as she was crossing the road. She was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 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 I wouldn’t like to get on the wrong side of her. 我不想招她讨厌。 Examples from the Corpus 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. 14. get on the wrong side of the law CRIMEto get into trouble with the police 与警方发生麻烦；犯事 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〕 Examples from the Corpus get off on the wrong foot• We got off on the wrong foot the other day and it was my fault.• We just got off on the wrong foot the other day.• Unfortunately, Pope got off on the wrong foot with his new troops. 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 Geoff had got the wrong end of the stick, and thought I was angry with him. 杰夫完全误解了，他以为我生他的气了。 Examples from the Corpus 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 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. 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〕 Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t you say you were going to do it? 如果我错了请纠正，但你不是说过你打算做这事吗？ 21 you’re not wrong spoken used to agree with someone 你没有错〔表示同意〕 ‘This government is ruining the country!’ ‘You’re not wrong there!’ “这个政府正在把国家毁掉！”“说得一点没错！” 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 Examples from the Corpus 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 In most cases judges are right, but in a few they are hopelessly wrong. verbs 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 What’s wrong with your leg? adverbs very wrong Something is very wrong. terribly/dreadfully/horribly wrong Harry felt sure that something was terribly wrong. Examples from the Corpus 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. There’s something wrong with• Spike There's something wrong with the goggles though.• Spike There's something wrong with this yogurt. wrong2 ●●● S2 adverbadv 1 WRONG/INCORRECTnot in the correct way 错误地，不正确地 OPP right You’ve spelt my name wrong. 你把我的名字拼错了。 What? Have I done it wrong? 什么？我做得不对吗？ I asked him to sort those files, but he’s done it all wrong (=in completely the wrong way). 我让他整理这些文件，可是他弄得根本不对。 2 go wrong a) BROKENto stop working properly 出毛病，出故障 Something’s gone wrong with my watch. 我的手表出毛病了。 b) MISTAKEto make a mistake during a process so that you do not get the right result 〔在过程中〕出错，弄错 Follow these instructions and you can’t go wrong (=you are sure to succeed). 按照这些说明去做，就不会出错。 c) FAILto do something that makes a plan, relationship etc fail 〔计划、关系等〕出现问题 Thinking back on the marriage, I just don’t know where we went wrong. 回想这段婚姻，我真不知道我们的问题出在哪里。 Examples from the Corpus 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 This isn’t it. We must have got the address wrong. 不是这里，我们肯定把地址搞错了。 get/have it all wrong (=understand a situation in completely the wrong way) 完全误解[曲解] No, no – you’ve got it all wrong! We’re just friends! 不，不——你完全搞错了！我们只是朋友！ Examples from the Corpus 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 Don’t get me wrong – I like Jenny. 别误会——我喜欢珍妮。 Examples from the Corpus don’t get me wrong• I like Jenny, don't get me wrong, but I do think she acts a little childishly at times.• Don't get me wrong - I like Jenny, but she can be a little bossy.• Don't get me wrong, I love my family, I just don't want to be with them all the time. 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〕 You can’t go wrong with a little black dress, can you? 穿件黑色小礼服总不会有错，是吧？ Examples from the Corpus you can’t go wrong (with something)• You can't go wrong with a dark gray suit. → come out wrong at come out 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) A father and son died in a fire after a good deed for a friend went tragically wrong. phrases 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. Examples from the Corpus 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 1 [uncountableU]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS behaviour that is not morally right 坏事；恶行 He’s too young to know right from wrong. 他太小，还不能辨别是非。 Those who do wrong should be punished. 干坏事的人应该受到惩罚。 somebody can do no wrong (=they are perfect) 某人不会做错事 Nathan adored her, and she could do no wrong in his eyes. 内森非常爱她，在他眼里她做什么都是对的。 2 [countableC]WRONG/UNJUSTIFIED an action, judgment, or situation that is unfair 不公正的行为[判决，情形] The black population suffered countless wrongs at the hands of a racist regime. 在一个实行种族主义的政权下，黑人受尽了冤屈。 right a wrong (=bring justice to an unfair situation) 纠正错误；平反冤屈 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 Which driver was in the wrong? 是哪个司机的责任？ Examples from the Corpus 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〕 Examples from the Corpus do somebody wrong• Most of Peggy's songs are about men who've done her wrong. 5. two wrongs don’t make a right spokenUNFAIR used to say that if someone does something bad to you, you should not do something bad to them 冤冤相报何时了；以牙还牙行不通〔指不应报复〕 Examples from the Corpus 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. right a wrong• Most problems arise from neglect and, since repairs involve skilled labour, righting a wrong can be expensive.• Its business is not to right wrongs, but to make money. wrong4 verb [transitiveT] formalUNFAIR to treat or judge someone unfairly 不公正地对待，冤枉 Both sides felt that they had been wronged. 双方都觉得自己被冤枉了。 Examples from the Corpus wrong• Both athletes felt they had been wronged by the committee's decision.• He feels himself wronged by unspoken accusations. Origin wrong1 (1100-1200) Old Norse rangr “not correct or as planned” →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n COLLOCATIONS2 →THESAURUS1wrong2 adverbadv →n COLLOCATIONS1wrong3 nounwrong4 verb
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