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单词 wrong-foot
释义
wrong-foot
verb
uk
/ˌrɒŋˈfʊt/us
/ˌrɑːŋˈfʊt/
[Toften passive]
tocausesomeone to be in adifficultsituationby doing somethingunexpected:
使措手不及
Thecompanywascompletelywrong-footed by the dollar'ssuddenrecovery.美元的突然复苏使那家公司完全措手不及。
[T]UK
in asport, tohitorkicktheballso that the otherplayerbelievestheballwill go in theoppositedirectionto the one in which it will really go, inorderto make him or hermovein thewrongdirection
（体育运动中）使（对手）错判球的方向
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(Definition ofwrong-footfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwrong-foot

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Its text is unrelentingly metaphorical and its setting attempts towrong-footthe performer by relying upon his or her familiarity with another playful convention.
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Finally, they too get the idea andwrong-footit enthusiastically to the sudden conclusion.
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It was not merely towrong-foothim that our first report was on housing benefit fraud.
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It is an attempt towrong-footthem on the vital and populist issue of price control, which everybody believes is a good thing.
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However, renegotiation wouldwrong-footthe federalists.
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It can be used towrong-foota defense.
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There is always a desire towrong-footthe viewer.
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He has confounded and wrong-footed the professional moaners who carp about things being too little, too late.
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