Amiss
[ə'mɪs]
解释:
(adj.) not functioning properly; 'something is amiss'; 'has gone completely haywire'; 'something is wrong with the engine' .
(adv.) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; 'if you think him guilty you judge amiss'; 'he spoke amiss'; 'no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly'.
巴顿整理--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
(a.) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
(n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake.
编辑:洛拉
同义词及近义词：
ad. Wrong, wrongly, improperly, faultily, erroneously.
a. Wrong, improper, faulty, erroneous.
伊莱录入
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Wrong, untrue, wide, bad, false, defective, short, inappropriate, inopportune,injudicious, untimely, abortive
ANT:Right, true, good, complete, effective, successful, satisfactory, consummate,expedient, appropriate, opportune
整理:默尔
解释:
adj. in error: wrong.—adv. in a faulty manner.—n. Amiss′ibility.—adjs. Amiss′ible; Amiss′ing wanting lost.
录入:万斯
例句:
- If he's done anything amiss, he shall confess, beg pardon, and be punished. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- When they got into the hall, Jo asked Laurie if she had said something amiss. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- But here it may not be amiss to remark a very curious phaenomenon, which the present subject suggests to us. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- There is something amiss here, cried one. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Have you noticed anything amiss with them of late? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Unless one is cognizant of the energies which are already in operation, one's attempts at direction will almost surely go amiss. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- You have not mentioned to any of the three gentlemen whom you attend that anything is amiss? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Well, wot's amiss here? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I hope this history of my conduct towards her will be admitted by you and my father as great extenuation of what you saw amiss. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- I hope there is nothing amiss with the sister of my old pupil? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
埃斯蒂斯整理