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wrong NOT SUITABLEHrBN, $rB:Nadj [not gradable]not suitable or desirable, or not as it should be不适当的, 不合适的, 不符合事实的She's the wrong person for the job.她不是做这工作的合适人选。I think we're going the wrong way.我想我们走错了。We must have taken a wrong turning.我们一定拐弯拐错了。She married for all the wrong reasons.她以种种不恰当的理由结了婚。This is the wrong time to ask me about my travel plans --I'm far too busy to think about it.这不是询问我旅游计划的合适时机----我实在太忙了, 无暇考虑。It's wrong that you always pay when we go out for a meal. [+ that clause]我们出去吃饭的时候总是你付钱, 这是不合适的。What's wrong with spending Saturday night in the pub ( = Why do you think it is not suitable)?周六晚上在酒吧度过有什么不合适的?The seating plan's all wrong--I wanted to sit next to Alex and James!座位安排全都搞错了----我本来是想同亚历克斯与詹姆斯坐在一起的!I'm sorry, you've got the wrong number ( = this is not the telephone number you wanted).对不起, 你弄错电话号码了。"Who was on the phone?" "Oh, it was just a wrong number ( = a telephone call connected to my phone unintentionally)."“谁打来的电话?”“哦, 有人拨错了电话。”Wrong is also used to describe something that is not considered to be socially acceptable or desirable.不符合一般标准的They live on the wrong side of town.他们住在城镇一般人不太看得起的地区。She got in with the wrong crowd ( = a group of people who were not considered socially acceptable) at university.她在大学里结交了一群人们侧目而视的人。If you ask someone if there is something wrong, you want to know what is worrying or upsetting them.不顺心, 不正常的You've been quiet all evening. Is there anything wrong?你整个晚上默默无言。出什么事了吗?What's wrong with you today? You've been in a dreadful mood all morning.你今天怎么了? 你整个早上的情绪都很糟糕。If a situation or event goes wrong, it becomes unpleasant and is not a success.(某一情形或事件)不如意, 失败They started rowing on their honeymoon and their marriage began to go wrong from then on.他们在蜜月中就开始吵架, 从那时起他们的婚姻就开始出问题了。If someone goes wrong, they make a lot of bad decisions.失足, 堕落He found it was very easy to go wrong when he was young and inexperienced.他发现在年轻, 缺乏经验的时候非常容易失足。[WRONG , WRONG 中的 go wrong]The information got/fell into the wrong hands ( = was obtained by people who would use it to harm others).消息到了不应到的人手里。If the government refuses to provide aid, it would send/give out (all) the wrong signals ( = give an undesirable message about the government) to the rest of the world.如果政府拒绝提供帮助的话, 就会让所有其它国家产生对它的误解。You've got your skirt on the wrong way (Br and Aus) round/(Am) around ( = The part that should be at the front is at the back).你把裙子穿反了。(disapproving) Someone that is wrong-headed continues to have an unsuitable idea or follow an unsuitable course of action and often makes judgments which are not correct.(人)执迷不悟的, 常犯错误的He criticized the wrong-headed town planners of the 1960s who often thought of buildings before people.他批评了20世纪60年代那些坚持错误的城镇规划者, 他们经常是先考虑建筑物, 后考虑人。(disapproving) A plan or idea that is wrong-headed has not been considered or planned with enough care and is not suitable for the situation.(计划或想法)未经深思熟虑的, 不适当的He admitted that the party had followed policies which were now considered as wrong-headed.他承认这个党派遵循了现在被认为是不适当的政策。(saying)'If anything can go wrong it will.'“是祸躲不过。” ☆RIGHT
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