/ rCN; ?@ rR:N; rRN/ adj 1 ~ (to do sth) not morally right; unjust 不道德的; 不正當的; 不義的: It is wrong to steal. 偷竊是不道德的. * You were wrong to take the car without permission. 妳未得許可就把汽車開走是不應該的. * He told me he had done nothing wrong. 他告訴我說他沒做任何不正當的事. Cf 參看 right1 1. 2 (a) not true or correct 不確實的; 不正確的; 錯誤的: He did the sum but got the wrong answer/got the answer wrong. 他做了這道算術題, 但答案錯了. * Her estimate of the cost was completely wrong. 她估計的費用完全不正確. (b) [pred 作表語] (of a person) mistaken （指人）出錯, 有錯誤: Am I wrong in thinking (ie Do you agree) that it is getting colder? 天氣越來越冷了, 對吧? * Can you prove that I am wrong? 妳能證實我錯了嗎? * That's where you're wrong. 在這壹點上妳錯了. * Thousands of satisfied customers can't be wrong, so why don't you try our new washing-powder? 我們的新型洗衣粉顧客都很滿意, 成千上萬的人不可能都錯了, 您也不妨試壹試好嗎? 3 [usu attrib 通常作定語] not required, suitable or the most desirable 不合要求的; 不適合的; 並非最合意的: You're doing it the wrong way. 妳做的方法不當. * We discovered that we were on the wrong train. 我們發覺上錯了火車. * The police arrested the wrong man. 警方逮錯了人. * We came the wrong way/took a wrong turning. 我們來時走錯了路[拐錯了彎]. * I'm afraid you've got the wrong number, ie on the telephone. 很抱歉, 您撥錯電話號碼了. * You're wearing your jumper the wrong way round, ie The part that should be at the front is at the back. 妳的毛衣前後穿反了. * He's the wrong man for the job. 他不適合做這項工作. * They live on the wrong side of town, ie the part that is socially less desirable. 他們住在鎮上環境較差的那邊（社會地位較低的人住的）. * I realized that I had said the wrong thing when I saw her reaction. 我壹看到她的反應就意識到我說話不當. * Their decision proved to be wrong. 他們的決定證實是錯誤的. 4 [pred 作表語] ~ (with sb/sth) (a) in a bad condition (and not working properly) 有故障; 有毛病: What's wrong (ie What is the problem) with the engine? It's making an awful noise. 發動機出什麼故障了? 噪音太大了. * There's something wrong with my eyes -- I can't see properly. 我眼睛有毛病了--看不清楚了.(b) not as it should be 不正常: Is anything wrong? You look ill. 怎麼了? 妳臉色不好. * What's wrong with you? 妳哪兒不舒服? * What's wrong with telling the truth? ie How can it be criticized? 說實話有什麼不對? 5 (idm 習語) back the wrong horse => back4. bark up the wrong tree => bark2. be born on the wrong side of the blanket => born. catch sb on the wrong foot => catch1. do the right/wrong thing => thing. from/on the ,wrong side of the `tracks (US) living in an area (of a town, etc) which is regarded as socially inferior 住在（城鎮等中的）社會地位低的人住的地區. get on the right/wrong side of sb => side1. get (hold of) the ,wrong end of the `stick (infml 口) misunderstand completely what has been said （對聽到的話）完全誤解: You've got the wrong end of the stick; he doesn't owe me money, I owe him! 妳完全聽錯了, 他沒欠我錢, 是我欠 他的錢! have got out of bed on the wrong side => bed1. hit/strike the right/wrong note => note1. not far off/out/wrong => far2. on the right/wrong side of forty, fifty, etc => side1. rub sb up the wrong way => rub2. start off on the right/wrong foot => start2. ,wrong side `out turned, changed, etc so that the normally inner side is facing outwards 裏面被翻轉成外面: You've got your sweater on wrong side out. 妳穿的毛衣裏兒沖外了.
wrong
adv (used after vs 用於動詞之後) 1 in a wrong manner or direction; mistakenly; with incorrect results 方式或方向錯誤; 錯誤地; 結果錯誤: You guessed wrong. 妳猜錯了. * You've spelt my name wrong. 妳把我的名字拼錯了. * He played the tune all wrong. 他演奏的曲調全錯了. Cf 參看 wrongly. 2 (idm 習語) get sb `wrong (infml 口) misunderstand sb 誤會或誤解某人: Please don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing you. 請不要誤解我, 我並不是批評妳. go `wrong (a) make a mistake 犯錯誤; 做錯事: If you read the instructions, you'll see where you went wrong. 妳要是看壹下說明書就知道妳錯在哪兒了. * You can't go wrong (ie You will surely succeed) with our new carpet cleaner. 使用我們新型的地毯吸塵器絕對不會出錯. (b) (of a machine) stop working properly （指機器）出故障, 出毛病: The television has gone wrong again. 電視機又出毛病了. (c) experience trouble 遇到麻煩; 出現問題: Their marriage started to go wrong when he got a job abroad. 他找到壹份在國外的工作, 他們的婚姻就在那時開始出現問題. * The experiment went disastrously wrong, ie progressed in an unexpected way with very unpleasant results. 這個試驗出了大問題. put a foot wrong => foot1.
wrong
n 1 [U] what is wrong 壞事; 過失; 罪惡: He doesn't know the difference between right and wrong. 他不懂是非. * She could do no wrong (ie do nothing wrong) in the opinion of her devoted followers. 那些忠實於她的人都認為她不會做壞事. 2 [C] (fml 文) unjust action; injustice 不義的行為; 不公正的事: They have done us a great wrong. 他們對待我們十分不公正. * She complained of the wrongs she had suffered. 她投訴說她受到委屈.3 (idm 習語) in the `wrong in the position of being responsible for a mistake, an offence, a quarrel, etc （在犯錯誤、 犯罪、 吵架等方面）負有責任或應受責備: He admitted that he was in the wrong, ie that the fault was his. 他承認是他的錯. * They tried to put me in the wrong, ie to make it seem that the fault, error, etc was mine. 他們想把錯誤栽給我. the rights and wrongs of sth => right3. ,two ,wrongs ,don't make a `right (saying 諺) you cannot justify a wrong action by saying that sb else has done sth similar or that sb has done sth wrong to you 兩個錯不等於其中壹個對（自己做了錯事不能說別人也是這樣做的來為自己辯護）.
wrong
v (fml 文) 1 [Tn usu passive 通常用於被動語態] do wrong to (sb); treat (sb) unjustly or badly 對待（某人）不公正; 使（某人）受到委屈: a wronged wife 受委屈的妻子. 2 [Tn] judge (sb) unfairly; attribute a bad motive to (sb) mistakenly 不公正地判斷（某人）; 冤枉（某人）: You wrong me if you think I only did it for selfish reasons. 妳要是以為我是出於私心, 那妳就冤枉我了.
wrongful
/ -fl; -fEl/ adj [attrib 作定語] not fair, just or legal 不公正的; 不公平的; 不正當的; 不合法的: He sued his employer for wrongful dismissal. 他控告雇主非法解雇他.
wrongfully
/ -fElI; -fElI/ adv: wrongfully arrested 遭不合法逮捕.
wrongly
adv (used esp before a past participle or a v 尤用於過去分詞或動詞之前) in a wrong manner; in the wrong way 不正當地; 錯誤地: wrongly accused, addressed, informed 控告錯、 寫錯地址、 了解錯 * He imagines, wrongly, that she loves him. 他誤以為她愛他. * Rightly or wrongly, she refused to accept the offer, ie I don't know whether she was right or wrong to do so. 不論她做得對不對, 反正她拒絕了那個提議.
wrongdoer
/ 5rCNdu:E(r); `rRN9duL/ n person who does sth immoral or illegal 做不道德的或不合法的事情的人; 做壞事的人.
wrongdoing
/ 5rCNdu:IN; `rRN9duIN/ n [U, C] wrong behaviour; wrong action 不道德的行為; 壞事: such wrongdoing(s) should be punished 這種不道德的行為應該受到懲罰.
wrong-foot
v [Tn] (esp in sport) catch (sb) unprepared（尤指在體育比賽中）使（某人）措手不及: Her cleverly disguised lob completely wrong-footed her opponent. 她做個巧妙的假動作, 壹個高球把對手打得亂了陣腳.
wrong-headed
adj (of a person) obstinately holding a wrong opinion or taking a wrong course of action （指人）堅持錯誤意見或錯誤辦法的.