wrong

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反义词

adv. 错误地；邪恶的，不正当地
n. 坏事；不公正
adj. 错误的；失常的；不适当的
vt. 委屈；无理地对待；诽谤
n. (Wrong)人名；(英)朗

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词态变化

复数: wrongs;第三人称单数: wrongs;过去式: wronged;过去分词: wronged;现在分词: wronging;比较级: wronger;最高级: wrongest;名词: wrongness;

助记提示

1. wry => wrong. 因为错误就是歪曲事实，偏离、扭曲了正确的方向自然就是错误的。
2. 所以wrong与其反义词right都是由其字面含义引申而来，比如right的字面含义是“笔直的：straight”, 因为坚持正确的方向笔直前进所以就引申为正确的含义。显然wrong和right的字面含义和引申义都对应的是一对反义词。

中文词源

wrong 错误的

来自PIE*wrengh,弯，转，偏离，来自PIE*wer的鼻音形式，弯，转，词源同wry,wring。引申义错误的。比较right,来自PIE*reg,直，词源同rectitude,regulate.

英英释意

1. that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law;: "he feels that you are in the wrong"

2. a legal injury is any damage resulting from a violation of a legal right

英文词源

wrong: wrong: [OE] Etymologically, wrong probably means ‘twisted’. It was borrowed into late Old English from Old Norse *vrangr ‘awry’ (rangr is the recorded form), which was descended from prehistoric Germanic *wrangg- (source also of English wrangle [14]). A variant of the same base, *wrengg-, produced English wring [OE].
=> wrangle, wring
wrong (adj.): late Old English, "twisted, crooked, wry," from Old Norse rangr, earlier *wrangr "crooked, wry, wrong," from Proto-Germanic *wrang- (cognates: Danish vrang "crooked, wrong," Middle Dutch wranc, Dutch wrang "sour, bitter," literally "that which distorts the mouth"), from PIE *wrengh-, variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring).

Sense of "not right, bad, immoral, unjust" developed by c. 1300. Wrong thus is etymologically a negative of right (adj.1), which is from Latin rectus, literally "straight." Latin pravus was literally "crooked," but most commonly "wrong, bad;" and other words for "crooked" also have meant "wrong" in Italian and Slavic. Compare French tort "wrong, injustice," from Latin tortus "twisted."

As an adverb from c. 1200. Wrong-headed first recorded 1732. To get up on the wrong side (of the bed) "be in a bad mood" is recorded from 1801, according to OED, from its supposed influence on one's temper; it appears in Halliwell's "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words" in 1846, but doesn't seem to have been used much generally before late 1870s. To be on the wrong side of a given age, "older than," is from 1660s. Wrong side of the road (that reservbed for oncoming traffic) is by 1838. To be from (or on) the wrong side of the tracks "from the poor part of town" is from 1921, American English.
wrong (n.): "that which is improper or unjust," late Old English, from wrong (adj.). Meaning "an unjust action" is recorded from c. 1200.
wrong (v.): "to do wrong to," early 14c., from wrong (adj.). Related: Wronged; wronging.

考试真题

So what Epictetus would say is sitting at home worrying about that would be wrong and wasteful and irrational.

Wireless devices will transmit signals so as to activate the alarm once something wrong is detected.

If they detect something wrong while the system is armed, they'll transmit a wireless alert signal to a base station that will then raise the alarm.

But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.

They are based on wrong assumptions.

Those who take risks they later regret usually focus on immolate benefits and simply haven't considered what might go wrong.

When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the India ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best bet for identifying what went wrong.

The man found himself in a wrong place.

D )it had been parked at a wrong place

Values teach people how to act, what is right, and what is wrong.

Wearing the wrong glasses, however, can prove harmful.

What do studies about wearing the wrong glasses show

Obviously, I said the wrong thing.

If your complaint is immediate, suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager

But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.

Forgetting how to operate a familiar object like a microwave oven, or forgetting how to drive to the house of a friend you've visited many times before can also be signs of something going wrong.

If anything does go wrong while they're in the house, they don 't want to be blamed for it.

It is widely considered wrong not to eat breakfast.

She also wants to explain that there are no right or wrong answers regarding manners on this front yet, because the technology is just now becoming mainstream.

The accusation of incuriosity is one that we hear often, carrying the suggestion that there is something wrong with not wanting to search out the truth.

The lawyer argued that it is wrong to execute a person for a crime he committed while he was a minor.

The other surveys asked about times when subjects had themselves called someone close to them by the wrong name.

The robots on line 3 have gone wrong, and lines are at a standstill.

The study, published online in April in the journal Memory and Cognition, found that the "wrong" name is not random but is invariably fished out from the same relationship pond: children, siblings, friends.

If you think this does not apply to you, then here is a simple test to show you are wrong.

There's work to be done, but workers aren't ready to do it—they're in the wrong places, or they have the wrong skills.

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This might not be right, but school-leavers who fail to acknowledge as much risk making the wrong decision about going to university.

If you make clinical predictions based on somebody's race, you're going to be wrong a good chunk of the time, Yudell told Live Science.

The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration ( ' , FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.

Oprah Winfrey's honorary doctorate was a step in the wrong direction.

Many social evils are caused by wrong government policies.

Experts on leadership will quickly point out that "how things get done" influences the success of the outcomes and indicates a right way and a wrong way to do things.

Political sentiment is notoriously changeable: What if things begin to go wrong for Obama, and his popularity slumps?

What it is wrong to condemn her for is overlooking your hard work

Something went wrong with her car

What's wrong with your phone, Gary?

Eyewitnesses to other crimes have identified the wrong person in a police lineup or in photographs.

Values teach people how to act, what is right, and what is wrong.

"If you make clinical predictions based on somebody's race, you're going to be wrong a good chunk of the time," Yudell told live Science.

"Sometimes it goes wrong, but most of the time it doesn't, " says Swanson, who recommends starting to ask children permission to post narratives or photos around ages 6 to 8.

And so there is nothing inherently wrong about stereotypes.

Some criticized this detail later, saying there was just one tongue, but Merian wasn't wrong.

That includes tagging the foxes and monitoring their numbers to ensure nothing goes wrong.

The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration FA and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.

The reality is, taking one's phone out at the wrong time is worse than belching because, unlike other minor offense, checking tech is contagious.

They don't have to like humans or believe that hurting them is wrong or bad.

To be fair, if Rodriguez had wanted feedback from some more technophobic seniors, he might have ended up in the wrong Brookdale community.

Unfortunately, pieces of science journalism can also oversimplify and generalize their subject material to the point that the basic information conveyed is obscured or at worst, obviously wrong.

Venus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like Earth.

His study shows that when robins are exposed to light at night in the lab, it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day.

However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions.

I never thought that I would like living in a big city, but I was wrong.

I was driving down to London when I suddenly found that I was on the wrong road.

If something were wrong,someone would have called you.

If you have written the wrong name in an email, it is best to apologise in a serious manner.

If you're the person who is in the wrong, just admit it! This is the easiest and best way to avoid an argument.

It is wrong to assume arts groups cannot make a profit.

Raynor Winn and her husband Moth became homeless due to their wrong investment.

She got on the wrong train.

The end result is that we feel like we can't focus or that we're focused on the wrong things, and so we take less action, make less progress, and stay the same when we could be improving.

There seems to be something wrong with the system.

They hold on to the wrong things.

Video games can be a poor influence if left in the wrong hands.

You are waiting at a wrong place.

You might think that developing nations would make up the loss especially since 80% of the world's people now live in such nations, but you'd be wrong.

Progress in both area is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economic development in poor countries is wrong.

It was banks that were on the wrong planet, with accounts that vastly overvalued assets.

He was not interested in daily politics, but concerned with questions of moral behavior and the larger questions of right and wrong affecting the entire society.

It has been available even in the most mundane of life situations to show you right from wrong,good from bad,friend from foe.

I assumed that phase was something experts developed after years of research into children's behaviour: wrong.

Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes.

On the other hand, putting your faith in the wrong place often carries a high price.

Progress in both areas is undoubtedly necessary for the social, political and intellectual development of these and all other societies; however, the conventional view that education should be one of the very highest priorities for promoting rapid economi

While the researchers assumed that the well-structured daily plans would be most effective when it came to the execution of tasks, they were wrong: the detailed daily plans demotivated students.

词组搭配

get someone wrong

misunderstand someone, especially by falsely imputing malice

误解某人；冤枉某人

get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick

misunderstand something

误解某事；搞错

go down the wrong way

(of food) enter the windpipe instead of the gullet

（食物）进入气管，吃呛

in the wrong

responsible for a quarrel, mistake, or offence

为（争吵，错误，罪行）负责

the wrong way round

in the opposite of the normal or desirable orientation, direction, or sequence

方向（或顺序）不对（或不正）地

two wrongs don't make a right

(proverb)the fact that someone has done something unjust or dishonest is no justification for acting in a similar way

(谚)以牙还牙行不通；两个错误不等于一个正确；不能因别人错了自己也就可以犯错

do (someone) wrong【非正式用语】

To be unfaithful or disloyal.

不诚实，不忠诚

go wrong

To take a wrong turn or make a wrong move.

走错路，搞不好：拐错弯或采取了错误的行动

To go astray morally.

堕落：道德上的堕落

To go amiss; turn out badly.

出差错，出故障

实用场景例句

I got all the answers wrong.: 我的答案全都错了。

Pain is the body's way of telling us that something is wrong...: 疼痛是身体在告诉我们有地方出问题了。

Nobody seemed to notice anything wrong...: 似乎没有人注意到出了问题。

He went to the wrong house...: 他去错了房子。

The wrong man had been punished...: 罚错了人。

I really made the wrong decision there...: 在那点上我的决定确实错了。

The wrong choice of club might limit your chances of success...: 选错俱乐部也许会限制你成功的机会。

How do you know that this explanation is wrong?...: 你怎么知道这个解释是错误的呢？

20 per cent of the calculations are wrong.: 这些计算有20%是错误的。

We think there's something wrong with the computer...: 我们认为计算机出了故障。

Something must have gone wrong with the satellite link.: 卫星连接一定出了毛病。

I was wrong about it being a casual meeting...: 我误以为这是个非正式会议。

Am I wrong in thinking that?...: 我这么想错了吗？

'I thought you and I were going to spend the night together,' he whispered. 'You thought wrong,' Nancy whispered back.: “我以为我和你要一起过夜呢。”他小声说。“你想错了。”南茜小声回应道。

She was wrong to leave her child alone...: 她不该把孩子单独留在那儿。

We don't consider we did anything wrong.: 我们认为我们没有做错什么。

Is it wrong to try to save the life of someone you love?...: 尽力挽救所爱之人的生命难道错了吗？

It is wrong that we have to tell ill people to go somewhere else to look for treatment...: 我们不得不让病人到别处求医的做法是不可取的。

I intend to right that wrong...: 我打算纠正那个错误。

The insurance company should not be held liable for the wrongs of one of its agents.: 保险公司不应该为其中一名保险代理所犯的错误负责。

You have wronged my mother...: 你冤枉了我妈妈。

She felt she'd been wronged...: 她觉得受委屈了。

If you went to the wrong school, you won't get the job...: 如果你进错了学校，就得不到这份工作。

The prospect of easy profits has attracted the wrong kind of businessman.: 轻松捞取利润的可能性吸引了一拨不良商人。

Don't get me wrong, it's interesting work. But it's not permanent...: 别误会我的意思，这个工作很有意思，可惜不是长期性的。

I mean, don't get me wrong. Joanie's my best friend, but she can be kind of a pain sometimes.: 别误会，我的意思是乔安妮是我最好的朋友，但她有时候可能有点儿招人烦。

It all went horribly wrong...: 情况完全变得一团糟。

Nearly everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.: 差不多可能出乱子的地方都出了乱子。

He didn't press charges because he was in the wrong...: 他没有起诉，因为过错在他。

She was the one in the wrong.: 她是有过错的一方。