
"he feels that you are in the wrong"
"an incorrect calculation" "the report in the paper is wrong" "your information is wrong" "the clock showed the wrong time" "found themselves on the wrong road" "based on the wrong assumptions"
"it is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor" "cheating is wrong" "it is wrong to lie"
"said all the wrong things"
"something is amiss" "has gone completely haywire" "something is wrong with the engine"
"it is wrong to think that way"
"the wrong medicine" "the wrong way to shuck clams" "it is incorrect for a policeman to accept gifts"
"socks worn wrong side out"
"an ill-timed intervention" "you think my intrusion unseasonable" "an untimely remark" "it was the wrong moment for a joke"
"he submitted a faulty report" "an incorrect transcription"
"he decided to reveal the details only after other sources had reported them incorrectly" "she guessed wrong"
误 He was quite wrong thinking that I was happy.
正 He was quite wrong to assume that I was happy.
正 He was quite wrong in thinking that I was happy.
析 作“错误的,不对的”解时, wrong之后可接介词短语,注意wrong之后一般不直接跟动词的 v -ing形式,但是可以跟动词不定式。
机器怎么了?误 What's wrong about the machine?
正 What's wrong with the machine?
析 作“出了毛病”解时,可以用be wrong with的形式,这里with不可改成about。
你说谎是不正确的。误 It's wrong for you to tell a lie.
正 It's wrong of you to tell a lie.
析 这里介词须用of,表示不定式逻辑主语you的性质而不是目的。
误 The taxi-driver was obviously in wrong in going ahead against the red light.
正 The taxi-driver was obviously in the wrong in going ahead against the red light.
析 作“错了”解可以用in the wrong, wrong之前的定冠词the不可省略。
他们无情地掠夺我们,给我们带来了极大的不幸。误 They did wrongly to us by robbing us without mercy.
正 They did wrong to us by robbing us without mercy.
析 do wrong to sb 意为“冤枉某人,委屈某人”, wrong在这里是一个名词。