词语趣谈

"wrong"不仅仅是错误

基本用法 　　1. wrong错误 　　英解：not accurate or correct 　　A: I can't believe this! All the data in his report are wrong! 　　我真不敢相信！他报告里的资料全是错的！ 　　B: Well your report is no better. 　　嗯，你的报告也好不到哪里去呀。 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　延伸用法 　　2. don't get me wrong别误解我 　　英解：used when someone wants to make sure that someone else understands correctly 　　A: What are you doing reading Shakespeare? I thought you hated the classics. 　　你为什么在读莎士比亚？我以为你讨厌古典文学。 　　B: Don't get me wrong; I love literature, but I just hate poetry. 　　别误会了；我喜欢文学，只是讨厌诗词罢了。 　　3. get off on the wrong foot搞砸 　　英解：to make a bad start on a project or a relationship 　　A: Tomorrow is our first meeting with the new client, so let's try not to get off on the wrong foot. 　　明天是我们与新客户的第一次会面，我们得试着别搞砸了。 　　B: Sure. So you'll try not to spill coffee all down this one, right? 　　当然。只要你别把咖啡打翻就好啦！ 　　4. get on the wrong side of someone使某人生气 　　英解: to make someone feel angry towards you 　　A: That Michael is so rude. I don't know how much longer I can keep quiet about it. 　　那个麦克好粗鲁喔。我不知道我还能闷不吭声多久。 　　B: Be careful. He's the boss' son so you don't want to get on the wrong side of him. 　　小心点。他可是老板的公子，你可不想惹火他吧。 　　5. what's wrong?怎么啦？ 　　英解：used to ask about someone's emotional state 　　A: What's wrong with Sarah? She looks so sad. 　　莎拉怎么啦？她看起来很伤心。 　　B: Oh she got dumped yesterday and this morning she left her purse on the bus. 　　喔，她昨天被甩，今早皮包又掉在公车上了。 　　Questions: 　　1. ____? Did someone die? 　　2. Don't ___! She's got a really bad temper. 　　3. The answer to this question is ___. 　　4. I'm ruined! I ___ with that girl I met on the party. 　　5. ___! I am not saying you are ugly, just unusual looking! 　　Answers: 　　1. What's wrong (5) 　　2. get on the wrong side of her (4) 　　3. wrong (1) 　　4. got off on the wrong foot (3) 　　5. don't get me wrong (2)