单词 | amiss |
释义 | amiss (əmɪs ) 1. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong. Their instincts warned them something was amiss. Something is radically amiss in our health care system. [+ in] Synonyms: wrong, mistaken, confused, false 2. not go amiss/not come amiss phrase If you say that something would not go amiss or would not come amiss, you mean that it would be pleasant and useful. [British] A bit of charm and humour would not go amiss. The cracks are showing in the walls and a lick of paint would not come amiss. Collocations: seem amiss Yet something seems amiss on his current tour. Times, Sunday Times But something seems amiss right now. Times, Sunday Times Something seems amiss here: it feels as though we are reading from a redacted text. The Times Literary Supplement Little seemed amiss until they were put under strain, when the parts came unstuck. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 出差错的 Japanese: 具合の悪い |
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