托福詞匯之Wrong的用法知多少

Wrong可以用作形容詞，表示“錯(cuò)誤的、不對的”：

That is the wrong shoe, it doesn't match the other one.

那只鞋不對，它和另外一只不是一雙。

或用作副詞，表示“錯(cuò)誤地”：

What am I doing wrong?

我哪里做錯(cuò)了?

Wrong還可以用作名詞，表示“錯(cuò)事”：

He has done a great wrong by leaving the club before the end of the season.

他在賽季結(jié)束前就離開俱樂部是大錯(cuò)特錯(cuò)了。

以及動(dòng)詞“冤枉、錯(cuò)怪”：

He wronged me, now he has apologised and I have accepted the apology.

他錯(cuò)怪我了，現(xiàn)在他已經(jīng)道歉，我也接受了他的道歉。

延伸詞組：

don't get me wrong別誤解我

-What are you doing reading Shakespeare? I thought you hated the classics.

你為什么在讀莎士比亞?我以為你討厭古典文學(xué)。

-Don't get me wrong; I love literature, but I just hate poetry.

別誤會(huì)了;我喜歡文學(xué)，只是討厭詩詞罷了。

get off on the wrong foot搞砸，一開始就不順利

-Tomorrow is our first meeting with the new client, so let's try not to get off on the wrong foot.

明天是我們與新客戶的第一次會(huì)面，我們得試著別搞砸了。

-Sure. So you'll try not to spill coffee all down this one, right?

當(dāng)然。這次你別再把咖啡打翻就好啦!

get on the wrong side of someone使某人生氣

-That Michael is so rude. I don't know how much longer I can keep quiet about it.

那個(gè)叫邁克爾的人好粗魯喔。我不知道我還能悶不吭聲多久。

-Be careful. He's the boss' son so you don't want to get on the wrong side of him.

小心點(diǎn)。他可是老板的公子，你可不想惹火他吧。