WRONGnot correct1 information/numbers/calculations etc2 beliefs/ideas/actions etc3 to believe something that is wrong4 in the wrong positionnot reasonable or necessary5 not reasonable or necessaryRELATED WORDSoppositeRIGHTnot suitable 不合适的SUITABLEsee alsoMISTAKESTUPID/SILLY1 information/numbers/calculations etc 资料/数字/计算等wrong /rɒŋǁrɔːŋ/ [adjective]not correct 错误的，不正确的 For every answer that is wrong, you lose five points. 答错一题扣五分。 I think that clock must be wrong showing the wrong time. 我觉得那钟肯定不准。get something wrong You must have got my email address wrong. 你肯定把我的电邮地址搞错了。wrong (telephone) number/address/name etc I tried to phone him, but it was the wrong number. 我试图打电话给他，可是电话号码不对。 This must be the wrong address -- no one of that name lives here 这个地址肯定不对——这里没有人叫这个名字。wrong/wrongly [adverb] You've spelled my name wrong -- there should be an ‘e’ at the end. 你拼错了我的名字—结尾应该有“e”。 I think you've added it up wrongly. 我觉得你加错了。incorrect /ˌɪnkəˈrekt◂/ [adjective]facts, figures, answers etc that areincorrect are wrong because they are not the same as the correct ones 不正确的，错误的 The information about current prices was incorrect. 关于目前价格的资料不正确。 incorrect spelling 不正确的拼法 They discovered later that the doctor had made an incorrect diagnosis. 后来他们发现医生诊断错误。it is incorrect to do/say something It's simply incorrect to say that tobacco advertising does not influence young people. 说烟草广告不会影响年轻人，压根儿是不对的。incorrectly [adverb] If a player answers incorrectly, the question is given to the other team. 如果一位参赛者回答不正确，问题就交给另一组来回答。misleading /mɪsˈlɪːdɪŋ/ [adjective]a statement or piece of information that ismisleading makes people believe something that is not true, especially because it does not give all the facts 误导人的〔尤因没提供全部事实〕 The article was deliberately misleading, and the newspaper has apologized. 这篇文章有意误导，报社道歉了。 misleading statistics 误导性的统计数据 The Advertising Review Board says the adverts are deliberately misleading. 广告审查局称这些广告有意误导。give a misleading impression/statement etc Agents often gave a false or misleading description of the houses they were selling. 代理商对于所售房屋的描述常常是虚假的或误导人的。inaccurate /ɪnˈækjɑrɪt, ɪnˈækjɑrət/ [adjective]information, numbers etc that areinaccurate are not exactly right or contain some mistakes 〔信息、数字等〕不准确的，不精确的 The old maps were usually inaccurate or incomplete. 旧地图一般不精确或者不完整。 TV ratings figures are often inaccurate. 电视收视率常常是不精确的。 He admitted he had given the committee ‘inaccurate, incomplete and unreliable information’. 他承认给了委员会“不准确、不完整、不可信的资料”。totally/wildly inaccuratevery inaccurate 完全不准确 Figures quoted in the article are wildly inaccurate. 这篇文章中引用的数字完全不准确。bad /bæd/ [adjective]bad grammar/English/Italian etcnot spoken or written correctly 不正确的语法/蹩脚的英语/意大利语等 You will lose marks for bad grammar in the exam. 你在考试中会因语法错误而失分。 Robert ordered two beers in very bad Spanish. 罗伯特用极其蹩脚的西班牙语要了两瓶啤酒。 Masanori is the worst student in the class -- his spelling's bad and his grammar's terrible. 马萨诺利是班里最差的学生—他的拼写拙劣，语法一塌糊涂。be outBritish/be offAmerican /biː ˈaʊt, biː ˈɒf/ [intransitive phrasal verb]if a measurement, result, figure etcis out, it is wrong because the numbers have not been calculated correctly 〔测量、结果、数字等〕错误，不准确 These sales figures must be out. We certainly haven't made that much money this year. 这些销售金额一定算错了。今年我们肯定没有赚到那么多钱。be out by $10/50 centimetres etc My last bank statement was off by $60. 我上次的银行结算单算错了60美元。be way off the mark /biː ˈweɪ ɒf ðə ˌmɑːʳk/ [verb phrase]if someone's guess, opinion etcis way off the mark, their idea about a situation is completely wrong 〔猜测、意见等〕完全不准确，相差甚远 No, you're way off the mark -- he was born in 1736. 不，你完全错了一他是1736年出生的。2 beliefs/ideas/actions etc 信仰/想法/行为等wrong /rɒŋǁrɔːŋ/ [adjective] People used to believe that the world was flat, but we now know this is wrong. 过去人们相信世界是平的，但我们现在知道这是错误的。 Alice felt she had made the wrong decision. 艾丽斯认为自己作了错误的决定。get the wrong impression I wouldn't like you to get the wrong impression -- I do enjoy the course, but I just find it very hard work. 我不想让你误会—我是喜欢这门课的，只是觉得很费力。mistaken /mɪˈsteɪkən, məˈsteɪkən/ [adjective only before noun]mistaken idea/belief/impression etcan idea, belief etc that people believe is right but is in fact wrong - use this as a polite way of saying someone is wrong 错误的想法/信仰/印象等〔用于礼貌地指出某人错了〕 Many people have the mistaken idea that AIDS cannot spread through heterosexual sex. 许多人认为艾滋病不会通过异性性行为传播，这种想法是错误的。under the mistaken belief/impression etc Pauline was under the mistaken impression that I didn't like her. 保利娜错误地以为我不喜欢她。false /fɔːls/ [adjective]based on wrong ideas or incorrect information 不正确的，错误的 He gave false and misleading statements to the court. 他向法庭作了不正确和有误导性的陈述。 My mother avoided visiting Bali on the quite false assumption that the place is full of tourists. 我母亲不愿去巴厘岛旅行，总误以为那里全是游客。give a false impression/belief The title gives a false impression of what the book is actually about. 这个书名使人们对这本书的实际内容产生一种错误的印象。erroneous /ɪˈrəʊniəs/ [adjective]formalbased on incorrect or incomplete information 【正式】错误的，不正确的 There were erroneous reports that the company had issued false statements. 有报道误指公司发表了虚假声明。erroneous assumption/view/belief etc Ricci's book tries to correct this erroneous view of ancient China. 里奇的书试图纠正这种对古代中国的错误看法。erroneously [adverb] It is sometimes erroneously believed that cutting interest rates will cure all our economic problems. 有时候人们会错误地认为，降低利率会解决我们所有的经济问题。misplaced /ˌmɪsˈpleɪst◂/ [adjective]misplaced trust/loyalty/admiration/concern etctrust, loyalty etc that is wrong because there is no good reason for feeling it 不应该有的信任/忠诚/崇拜/关心等 Richards said, with misplaced confidence, that the ship was ‘unsinkable’. 理查兹带着愚昧的信心称那艘船“永不沉没”。 I suppose her chief fault was misplaced trust, rather than any real crime. 我想她主要错在相信了不该相信的人，而不是犯了罪。(do something out of) a sense of misplaced loyalty/admiration etc Despite her doubts, she supported the new legislation out of a misplaced sense of loyalty to the leadership. 尽管心存疑虑，但出于对领导的愚忠，她还是支持这个新的法规。misguided /mɪsˈgaɪdɪd, mɪsˈgaɪdəd/ [adjective]done with good intentions but based on information or an idea that is wrong 〔出于好意但〕搞错的 These decision now seem misguided, if not downright wrong. 这些决定即使不是完全错误，现在看来也是搞错了。misguided efforts/attempt/action etc It was another of his misguided attempts to save money. 他想省钱，但又一次好心办了坏事。(do something in the) misguided belief/hope The taxes were introduced in the misguided belief that they would reduce foreign competition. 推行这些税项是因为一个错误的想法，以为这样就能减少来自国外的竞争。wrongheaded /ˌrɒŋˈhedɪd◂, ˌrɒŋˈhedəd◂ǁˌrɔːŋ-/ [adjective]wrong and a little stupid, because of being based on a lack of understanding 判断错误的〔因缺乏了解〕 The young man's speech was full of wrongheaded ideas about ‘the evils of capitalism’. 那个年轻人的演讲全是关于“资本主义罪恶”的错误想法。 wrongheaded economic policies 判断错误的经济政策3 to believe something that is wrong 相信不正确的事be wrong /biː ˈrɒŋǁ-ˈrɔːŋ/ [verb phrase]if youare wrong, you think or say something that is not correct 弄错，搞错 I thought a holiday in Greece would be cheap, but I was wrong. 我以为去希腊度假会便宜，但是我错了。 Maybe I'm wrong, but I could have sworn the class was at 9.30 a.m. 也许是我弄错了，但是我几乎可以肯定是上午9点30分开始上课的。 Why won't he admit he was wrong? 他为什么不承认自己错了?be wrong about You were wrong about that train - it left at 10.30. 那班火车你弄错了—它10点半开走了。be wrong in thinking/believing etc something You'd be wrong in thinking we don't encourage disabled students to come to the college. 如果你认为我们不鼓励残疾学生上大学，那你就错了。be mistaken /biː mˈsteɪkən/ [verb phrase]formalto have an incorrect opinion or belief about something - use this as a polite way of saying someone is wrong 【正式】〔意见、信仰〕错误，不正确〔用于礼貌地指出某人弄错了〕 I thought it was an accident, but I was mistaken. 我以为是一起事故，但是我错了。be mistaken about Anna realised she had been mistaken about Dennis. 安娜意识到她误解丹尼斯了。you must be mistaken I think you must be mistaken. He could not have obtained a key to your room. 我想你肯定是弄错了，他不可能有你房间的钥匙。be misinformed /biː ˌmɪsɪnˈfɔːʳmd/ [verb phrase]to be wrong because you have been given information that is incorrect or untrue 被误导 I think you must have been misinformed -- we don't teach any courses in business studies here. 我想你听到的消息肯定不正确—我们这里没有开任何有关商业研究的课程。be misinformed about The documents clearly show that the public was misled and misinformed about the crisis. 文件清楚地表明，对于这场危机，公众受到误导了。be on the wrong track/tack /biː ɒn ðə ˌrɒŋ ˈtræk, ˈtækǁ-ˌrɔːŋ-/ [verb phrase]to have the wrong idea about a situation, so that you are unlikely to get the result you want or the right answer to a problem 〔想法〕不对头，方向错误 I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack. 我觉得这广告宣传活动的方向完全不对。get somebody off on the wrong tack/track He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again. 他承认他使我们想错了方向，我们得重新开始。kid/delude yourself /ˈkɪd, dɪˈluːd jɔːʳself/ [verb phrase]to wrongly and stupidly let yourself believe something that you want to believe, but which is not true 欺骗自己 He's kidding himself if he thinks he's going to be a great film director. 如果他认为自己会成为一位了不起的电影导演，那么他是在自我欺骗。 Don't delude yourself. They have no intention of offering you a job. 别欺骗自己了，他们没有打算给你工作。4 in the wrong position 位置错误wrong /rɒŋǁrɔːŋ/ [adjective only before noun] Someone had moved the road sign so it was pointing in the wrong direction. 有人移动了路牌，所以它指的方向是错的。 You're heading in the wrong direction for the city centre. 去市中心你走错方向了。 The files had been put back in the wrong order. 这些档案放回去的时候顺序搞错了。the wrong way aroundalsothe wrong way roundBritish /ðə ˌrɒŋ weɪ əˈraʊnd, ðə ˌrɒŋ weɪ ˈraʊndǁ-ˌrɔːŋ-/ [adverb]if something isthe wrong way around, it is pointing in the opposite direction to the one it should be pointing in 反方向地 Tom often writes ‘b’ and ‘d’ the wrong way round. 汤姆老是把b和d写反。 That hat looks a bit strange -- have you got it on the wrong way around? 那顶帽子看上去有些怪——你是不是戴反了？ The torch won't work if you put the batteries in the wrong way round. 如果你把电池装反了，手电筒就不会亮。back to frontBritishalsobackwardsBritish/backwardAmerican /ˌbæk tə ˈfrʌnt, ˈbækwəʳdz/ [adverb]if something, especially a piece of clothing, isback to front, the back of it is where the front should be 〔尤指衣服〕前后颠倒 You've got your sweater on back to front. 你的运动衫前后穿反了。 Dan appeared in jeans, wearing his cap backward as usual. 丹来了，穿着牛仔裤，像平常一样反戴着帽子。inside out /ˌɪnsaɪd ˈaʊt/ [adverb]if something, especially a piece of clothing, isinside out, the inside of it is on the outside and the outside of it is on the inside 〔尤指衣服〕里朝外 I put my socks on inside out by mistake. 我误把袜子穿反了。 The wind was so strong, it blew her umbrella inside out. 风很大，把她的伞都吹翻了。turn something inside out I turned the jeans inside out to repair the hem. 我把牛仔裤翻过来，缝补褶边。upside down /ˌʌpsaɪd ˈdaʊn/ [adverb]if something isupside down, the top of it is at the bottom and the bottom of it is at the top 上下倒放地 You're holding the picture upside down. 你把画拿倒了。 The monkey was hanging upside down from a tree. 那只猴子倒挂在树上。turn something upside down Turn the cups upside down and leave them to dry. 把杯子倒过来沥干。5 not reasonable or necessary 不合理的或不必要的wrong /rɒŋǁrɔːŋ/ [adjective] I don't deny that what I did was wrong, but I had no choice at the time. 我不否认我做的事不对，但当时我别无选择。 Do you think violence is always wrong, even in self-defence? 你是否认为暴力总是不对的，即使是在自卫的时候?wrong with There's nothing wrong with making money, is there? 赚钱没错，是不是？be wrong (of somebody) to do something It is wrong to treat people this way -- they should be given a chance to defend themselves. 这样对待人不合理—他们应该有机会为自己辩护。 It was wrong of Sophie to take the money without asking. 索菲一声不响就把钱拿走是不对的。wrongly [adverb] Rightly or wrongly, employees see ‘performance pay raises’ as unfair. 不管对还是不对，员工认为“按业绩加工资”是不公平的。 The police chief admitted that some prisoners had been wrongly punished. 警察局长承认，有些犯人受到不合理的判罚。unjustified /ʌnˈdʒʌstɪfaɪd, ʌnˈdʒʌstəfaɪd/ [adjective]something such as criticism or bad treatment of someone that isunjustified is unfair and cannot be shown to have a good reason 〔批评或对待某人的方式不好等〕不公正的，没有正当理由的 Many disabled people suffer from unjustified discrimination when they apply for jobs. 许多残障人士在求职时遭到无端的歧视。 Brian has the reputation, unjustified in my opinion, of being a bit of a bore. 布赖恩被认为相当讨厌，在我看来这是没有根据的。totally/completely unjustified I think your criticisms of Mr Ward are completely unjustified. 我认为你对沃德先生的批评完全不公正。unjustifiable /ʌnˈdʒʌstɪfaɪəbəl, ʌnˈdʒʌstəfaɪəbəl/ [adjective]not fair, reasonable, or true 不公正的；没有道理的；错误的 It is morally unjustifiable to punish a whole class for the actions of one or two of its members. 因为一两个学生的行为就惩罚全班在道义上是说不过去的。 unjustifiable accusations 无端的指责unreasonable /ʌnˈriːzənəbəl/ [adjective]unreasonable demands, requests, orders etc are unfair and not based on any good reason 〔要求、请求、命令等〕不合理的；不公正的 I think your attitude is most unreasonable. 我认为你的态度蛮不讲理。 I don't think the amount of homework they get is unreasonable. 我不认为他们的家庭作业量不合理。 Even the most caring parents will sometimes make unreasonable demands on their children. 连最疼爱孩子的父母有时也会对孩子提出不合理的要求。it is unreasonable to do something Don't you think it's a little unreasonable to charge someone $75 just for parking their car? 你不觉得光停车就要收75美元有点不合理吗？unreasonably [adverb] Some investors had unreasonably high expectations of the new dotcom companies. 一些投资者对新的网络公司期望过高。unwarranted /ʌnˈwɒrəntɪd, ʌnˈwɒrəntədǁ-ˈwɔː-, -ˈwɑː-/ [adjective]anunwarranted action or criticism is not deserved and is not based on any good reason 〔行动或批评〕无正当理由的 Many sportsmen and women consider random drug-testing to be an unwarranted invasion of their privacy. 许多运动员认为抽样药检是对他们隐私的无理侵犯。 His attorney called the punishment ‘excessively severe’ and ‘unwarranted’. 他的律师称判罚“过于严厉”和“无理”。unwarranted assumptions/beliefs/conclusions He warned members of the public not to jump to any unwarranted conclusions about the tragedy. 他提醒民众，不要对这场悲剧妄下结论。gratuitous /grəˈtjuːɪtəs, grəˈtjuːətəsǁ-ˈtuː-/ [adjective]done for no good reason and causing unnecessary harm or offence 没有正当理由的，无谓的 He has criticised the film industry for its use of gratuitous sex and violence. 他批评电影界使用不必要的性和暴力。 There's no point in exchanging gratuitous insults with them. 与他们无谓对骂没意思。gratuitously [adverb] A lot of the jokes were just gratuitously offensive. 许多笑话完全是无端的侮辱。unprovoked /ˌʌnprəˈvəʊkt◂/ [adjective]anunprovoked attack or criticism is directed at someone who did nothing to deserve it 〔攻击或批评〕非受挑衅而发生的；无缘无故的 A man died in an apparently unprovoked attack in central Oxford last night. 昨晚在牛津中心地区，有一名男子死于看来是无端的袭击。 Troops have been accused of unprovoked aggression against innocent civilians. 军队被指责无故伤害无辜的平民。without good reason /wɪðaʊt ˌgʊd ˈriːzən/ [adverb]if someone does somethingwithout good reason, they do not have a good reason for doing it, and this may lead to trouble or punishment 〔做事〕没有正当理由地〔或可能会引致麻烦或惩罚〕 Anyone who is late without good reason will be punished. 任何无故迟到的人都将受罚。 An employer is unlikely to dismiss an employee without good reason. 雇主不太可能无故辞退员工。