wrong — Từ điển tiếng Anh

Tính từ

1. Incorrect or untrue.

   Ví dụ

   This answer is wrong.

   Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.

   Among this princely heap, if any here / By false intelligence or wrong surmise / Hold me a foe […]

   Thêm ví dụ (3)

   You are not wrong, who deem / That my days have been a dream; / Yet if hope has flown away / In a night, or in a day, / In a vision, or in none, / Is it therefore the less gone?

   In this respect then, Gabriel's repetitive lyric of everyone playing: “games without frontiers and war without tears” was on the one hand quite funnily wrong. 'It's a Knockout' produced tears of laughter. […]

   Throughout this time, Mystic Wolmar has been trying his luck and mostly getting it wrong - especially in 2006, when he got virtually everything wrong, including the departure of Tony Blair.

2. Asserting something incorrect or untrue.

   Ví dụ

   You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.

3. Immoral, not good, bad.

   Ví dụ

   It is wrong to steal.

   It is wrong to lie.

   Shepard: Some part of you must still realize this is wrong. You can fight this!

4. Improper; unfit; unsuitable.

   Ví dụ

   A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.

5. Not working; out of order.

   Ví dụ

   Something is wrong with the computer.

   Something is wrong with my cellphone.

   Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong.

6. Designed to be worn or placed inward.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   back

   Từ trái nghĩa

   rightfront

   Ví dụ

   the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth

7. Twisted; wry.

   Ví dụ

   a wrong nose

Trạng từ

1. In a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.

   Cách dùng

   • không trang trọng

   Ví dụ

   I spelled several names wrong in my address book.

   You're doing it all wrong!

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   `Then, just as I was, I walked out of the house and went to the recruiting-office, stating my age wrong.'

Danh từ

1. Something that is immoral or not good.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   depravityiniquitysin

   Ví dụ

   Injustice is a heinous wrong.

2. An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   hardshipsorrowwrongdoing

   Ví dụ

   Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?

3. The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   errorwrengthwrongnesswrongfulness

   Ví dụ

   I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the wrong.

4. The opposite of right; the concept of badness.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   improprietyroguery

   Ví dụ

   Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant.

Động từ

1. To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.

   Ví dụ

   The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.

   Thou dost then wrong me, as that slaughterer doth Which giveth many wounds when one will kill.

2. To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.

   Ví dụ

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   ... And might by no suit gain our audience. When we are wrong'd and would unfold our griefs, We are denied access unto his person Even by those men that most have done us wrong.

3. To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   libelmaligntraduce

   Ví dụ

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   O masters! if I were dispos'd to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who (you all know) are honorable men. I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men.

Tính từ

1. not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   incorrect

   Từ trái nghĩa

   right

   Ví dụ

   an incorrect calculation

   the report in the paper is wrong

   Thêm ví dụ (4)

   your information is wrong

   the clock showed the wrong time

   found themselves on the wrong road

   based on the wrong assumptions

2. contrary to conscience or morality or law

   Từ trái nghĩa

   right

   Ví dụ

   it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor

   cheating is wrong

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   it is wrong to lie

3. not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   improper

   Ví dụ

   said all the wrong things

4. not functioning properly

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   amissawryhaywire

   Ví dụ

   something is amiss

   has gone completely haywire

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   something is wrong with the engine

5. based on or acting or judging in error

   Từ trái nghĩa

   right

   Ví dụ

   it is wrong to think that way

6. not in accord with established usage or procedure

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   incorrect

   Ví dụ

   the wrong medicine

   the wrong way to shuck clams

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts

7. used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward

   Ví dụ

   socks worn wrong side out

8. badly timed

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   ill-timedunseasonableuntimely

   Ví dụ

   an ill-timed intervention

   you think my intrusion unseasonable

   Thêm ví dụ (2)

   an untimely remark

   it was the wrong moment for a joke

9. characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   faultyincorrect

   Ví dụ

   he submitted a faulty report

   an incorrect transcription

   Thêm ví dụ (1)

   the wrong side of the road

Danh từ

1. that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   wrongfulness

   Từ trái nghĩa

   right

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   injusticeunjustness

   Ví dụ

   he feels that you are in the wrong

2. any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   legal injurydamage

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

   injury

Trạng từ

1. in an incorrect manner

   Từ đồng nghĩa

   incorrectlywrongly

   Ví dụ

   he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly

   she guessed wrong

Động từ

1. treat unjustly; do wrong to

   Từ trái nghĩa

   right

   Từ có nghĩa rộng hơn

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