Amiss
[ə'mɪs]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
編輯:洛拉
同義詞及近義詞:
ad. Wrong, wrongly, improperly, faultily, erroneously.
a. Wrong, improper, faulty, erroneous.
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同義詞及反義詞:
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
解釋/意思:
adj. in error: wrong.—adv. in a faulty manner.—n. Amiss′ibility.—adjs. Amiss′ible; Amiss′ing wanting lost.
錄入:万斯
例句/造句/用法:
- If he's done anything amiss, he shall confess, beg pardon, and be punished. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- When they got into the hall, Jo asked Laurie if she had said something amiss. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- But here it may not be amiss to remark a very curious phaenomenon, which the present subject suggests to us. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- There is something amiss here, cried one. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Have you noticed anything amiss with them of late? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Unless one is cognizant of the energies which are already in operation, one's attempts at direction will almost surely go amiss. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- You have not mentioned to any of the three gentlemen whom you attend that anything is amiss? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Well, wot's amiss here? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- 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. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I hope there is nothing amiss with the sister of my old pupil? 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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