amiss
英 [əˈmɪs] 美 [əˈmɪs]

adj.

出了差错的；有毛病的；有缺陷的；（用于否定句）不恰当的

adv.

不恰当地；不顺当地；错误地；（可能因误会）对…生气

英英释义

amiss[ ə'mis ]

• adj.not functioning properly

  "something is amiss"

  同义词：awry(p)haywirewrong(p)

• adv.
  • away from the correct or expected course

    "something went badly amiss in the preparations"

    同义词：awry

  • 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"

  • in an imperfect or faulty way

    "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"

    同义词：imperfectly

词组短语

to come amiss不受欢迎，不称心

双语例句

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。

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