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
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星级词汇:

详细释义

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"

双语例句

1. A bit of charm and humour would not go amiss.
人有点吸引力和幽默感总是好的。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Something is radically amiss in our health care system.
我们的保健制度存在重大缺陷。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Their instincts warned them something was amiss.
他们直觉上感到有什么地方不对劲儿。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She sensed something was amiss and called the police.
她觉得有点不对头，就叫了警察。

来自《权威词典》

5. His joke was taken amiss by some of the company.
他开玩笑的话使几个朋友不高兴.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    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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【邻近词汇】

amity Amish Amisse Amissah amissum quod nescitur non amittur
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