amiss

英 [ə'mɪs] 美 [ə'mɪs]

• adj. 有毛病的；出差错的；有缺点的；不合适的
• adv. 有毛病地；出差错地；不合适地

英英释义

Adjective:

1. not functioning properly;

   "something is amiss"
   "has gone completely haywire"
   "something is wrong with the engine"
   

Adverb:

1. away from the correct or expected course;

   "something has gone awry in our plans"
   "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
   

2. 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"
   

3. in an imperfect or faulty way;

   "The lobe was imperfectly developed"
   "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Something is amiss when a boy does not eat for days.
   一个孩子几天不吃东西一定是有什么毛病了。
2. Everything goes amiss with him,he has certainly bad luck.
   他事事不如意，运气真不好。
3. Everything goes amiss with him. He has certainly bad luck.
   他事事不如意，运气真不好。
4. Perhaps crop husbandry is amiss.
   也许作物管理有缺陷。
5. Is there anything amiss?
   有什么不对头吗？

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Nothing has ever gone amiss since he took charge of the school.
   自他主管这所学校以来,还从未出过问题。
2. Something must have gone amiss. He's not here to meet us.
   准是出了什么差错，他没来这里接我们。
3. A few words of introduction may not come amiss.
   说几句开场白会很合适的。
4. If anything fell out amiss,they would reconsider it.
   如果有什么不妥，他们会重新考虑这件事的。

经典引文

• Our Archyers shet neuer arowe amys.

  出自： Caxton

• It is good to speak dubiously about futurity. It is likewise not amiss to hope.

  出自： S. Johnson

• Apt to see wrong and speak amiss.

  出自： H. Martineau

• Ursula wondered if something was amiss, and if the wedding would yet all go wrong.

  出自： D. H. Lawrence

• Slight dizzy spell this afternoon...I wonder if anything could be amiss with my hearing.

  出自： S. J. Perelman

词汇搭配

• take sth. amiss 因某事而见怪...
• go amiss 出岔子
• come amiss 不称心(不受欢迎...
• take amiss 误解
• take something amiss 因某事见怪
• not amiss 不错

近反义词

【近义词】

• awry 扭曲的
• wrong 错误的
• incorrectly 不正确地
• inappropriately 不适当地
• mistakenly 错误地
• wrongly 错误地
• erroneously 错误地
• incorrect 不正确的
• inappropriate 不适当的
• mistaken 犯错的
• erroneous 错误的
• haywire 临时电线
• imperfectly 不完全地