晋升口语达人:Wrong的用法你知多少?

 　　Wrong的用法你知多少？

　　单词"Wrong"是英语中最常用的单词之一，今天我们就来看一下这个貌似简单的词语的四种不同用法。

　　1. "Wrong" 可以用作形容词，表示错误的、不对的：

　　"That is the wrong shoe, it doesn't match the other one."

　　那只鞋不对，它和另外一只不匹配

　　2. 或用作副词，表示错误地：

　　"What am I doing wrong?"

　　我做错了什么?

　　3. 'Wrong' 还可以用作名词，表示错事：

　　"He has done a great wrong by leaving the club before the end of the season."

　　他在赛季结束前就离开俱乐部是大错特错了。

　　4. 以及动词“错怪”：

　　"He wronged me, now he has apologised and I have accepted the apology."

　　他错怪我了，现在他已经道歉，我也接受了他的道歉。

　　【延伸词组】

　　don't get me wrong 别误解我

　　A: What are you doing reading Shakespeare? I thought you hated the classics¹.

　　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。

　　get off on the wrong foot 搞砸

　　A: Tomorrow is our first meeting with the new client², 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！

　　get on the wrong side of someone 使某人生气

　　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。

1 classics   

n.文豪( classic的名词复数 )；文学名著；优秀的典范；古希腊与古罗马的文化研究（尤指对其语言与文学的研究）

参考例句：

• There are three great constituents of modern education --the classics, modern history and literature, and science. 现代教育有三大内容 -古典文学、现代历史和文学、以及自然科学。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• "The Classics on Tea", written by Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty (618 A.D.-907 A.D.) was the world's earliest treatise on tea leave production. 中国唐代陆羽写的《茶经》是世界上最早的茶叶制作专著。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 client   

n.委托人，当事人，顾客

参考例句：

• She can't come to the telephone;she's serving a client.她不能来接电话，她正在接待一位顾客。
• The lawyer produced a clever defence of his client.律师机智地为委托人辩护。