wrong
英 [rɒŋ]
美 [rɔŋ]
- adv. 错误地；邪恶的，不正当地
- n. 坏事；不公正
- adj. 错误的；失常的；不适当的
- vt. 委屈；无理地对待；诽谤
- n. (Wrong)人名；(英)朗
助记提示
1. wry => wrong. 因为错误就是歪曲事实，偏离、扭曲了正确的方向自然就是错误的。
2. 所以wrong与其反义词right都是由其字面含义引申而来，比如right的字面含义是“笔直的：straight”, 因为坚持正确的方向笔直前进所以就引申为正确的含义。显然wrong和right的字面含义和引申义都对应的是一对反义词。
中文词源
wrong 错误的来自PIE*wrengh,弯，转，偏离，来自PIE*wer的鼻音形式，弯，转，词源同wry,wring。引申义错误的。比较right,来自PIE*reg,直，词源同rectitude,regulate.
英文词源
- wrong
- wrong: [OE] Etymologically, wrong probably means ‘twisted’. It was borrowed into late Old English from Old Norse *vrangr ‘awry’ (rangr is the recorded form), which was descended from prehistoric Germanic *wrangg- (source also of English wrangle [14]). A variant of the same base, *wrengg-, produced English wring [OE].
=> wrangle, wring - wrong (adj.)
- late Old English, "twisted, crooked, wry," from Old Norse rangr, earlier *wrangr "crooked, wry, wrong," from Proto-Germanic *wrang- (cognates: Danish vrang "crooked, wrong," Middle Dutch wranc, Dutch wrang "sour, bitter," literally "that which distorts the mouth"), from PIE *wrengh-, variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring).
Sense of "not right, bad, immoral, unjust" developed by c. 1300. Wrong thus is etymologically a negative of right (adj.1), which is from Latin rectus, literally "straight." Latin pravus was literally "crooked," but most commonly "wrong, bad;" and other words for "crooked" also have meant "wrong" in Italian and Slavic. Compare French tort "wrong, injustice," from Latin tortus "twisted."
As an adverb from c. 1200. Wrong-headed first recorded 1732. To get up on the wrong side (of the bed) "be in a bad mood" is recorded from 1801, according to OED, from its supposed influence on one's temper; it appears in Halliwell's "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words" in 1846, but doesn't seem to have been used much generally before late 1870s. To be on the wrong side of a given age, "older than," is from 1660s. Wrong side of the road (that reservbed for oncoming traffic) is by 1838. To be from (or on) the wrong side of the tracks "from the poor part of town" is from 1921, American English. - wrong (n.)
- "that which is improper or unjust," late Old English, from wrong (adj.). Meaning "an unjust action" is recorded from c. 1200.
- wrong (v.)
- "to do wrong to," early 14c., from wrong (adj.). Related: Wronged; wronging.
双语例句
- 1. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.
- 别抱怨不好的事，要对好的事心存感恩。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
- 2. It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.
- 为了故意作对而继续这样做是不对的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. One or other of the two women was wrong.
- 这两个女人当中有一个人错了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. A debriefing would follow this operation, to determine where it went wrong.
- 这次行动之后将会有一个任务执行情况报告会，以便确定是哪里出了问题。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Don't get me wrong, it's interesting work. But it's not permanent.
- 别误会我的意思，这个工作很有意思，可惜不是长期性的。
来自柯林斯例句