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You can picture wrong as a thing that does not line up with the way it should be. There is a correct shape, a true answer, an intended target, a right way to behave — and this one simply doesn't match it. Everything else (the adjective, the adverb, the noun, the verb) is this same gap between 'how it is' and 'how it should be', seen from a different angle.

可以想成：有一個「該有的樣子」——正確答案、原本想要的那個、該走的路、該有的行為——而眼前這個就是「對不上」。一切其…更多收起可以想成：有一個「該有的樣子」——正確答案、原本想要的那個、該走的路、該有的行為——而眼前這個就是「對不上」。一切其他用法都是同一個落差：現實的樣子，跟它應該的樣子之間那道縫。形容詞、副詞、名詞、動詞都只是從不同角度看這道縫。

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

wrongadj/ˈɹɒŋ/

  • 1

    Incorrect or untrue.

    • Some of your answers were correct, and some were wrong.
    • Among this princely heap, if any here / By false intelligence or wrong surmise / Hold me a foe […]
  • 2

    Asserting something incorrect or untrue.

    • You're wrong: he's not Superman at all.
  • 3

    Immoral, not good, bad.

    • It is wrong to lie.
    • Shepard: Some part of you must still realize this is wrong. You can fight this!
  • 4

    Improper; unfit; unsuitable.

    • A bikini is the wrong thing to wear on a cold day.
  • 5

    Not working; out of order.

    • Something is wrong with my cellphone.
    • Don't cry, honey. Tell me what's wrong.
  • 6

    businessclothingfashionDesigned to be worn or placed inward.

    • the wrong side of a garment or of a piece of cloth
  • 7

    Twisted; wry.

    • a wrong nose

wrongadv/ˈɹɒŋ/

  • 1

    informalIn a way that isn't right; incorrectly, wrongly.

    • I spelled several names wrong in my address book.
    • You're doing it all wrong!

wrongnoun/ˈɹɒŋ/

  • 1

    Something that is immoral or not good.

    • Injustice is a heinous wrong.
  • 2

    An instance of wronging someone (sometimes with possessive to indicate the wrongdoer).

    • Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?
  • 3

    The incorrect or unjust position or opinion.

    • I blame not her: she could say little less; She had the wrong.
  • 4

    The opposite of right; the concept of badness.

    • Thus much of this will make Black white, foul fair, wrong right, Base noble, old young, coward valiant.

wrongverb/ˈɹɒŋ/

  • 1

    To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.

    • The dealer wronged us by selling us this lemon of a car.
    • Thou dost then wrong me, as that slaughterer doth Which giveth many wounds when one will kill.
  • 2

    To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.

    • ... And might by no suit gain our audience. When we are wrong'd and would unfold our griefs, We are denied access unto his person Even by those men that most have done us wrong.
  • 3

    To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.

    • O masters! if I were dispos'd to stir Your hearts and minds to mutiny and rage, I should do Brutus wrong, and Cassius wrong, Who (you all know) are honorable men. I will not do them wrong; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you, Than I will wrong such honorable men.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。