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单词 amiss
释义 amiss
I. \əˈmis\ adverb
Etymology: Middle English amis, from a- (I) + mis mistake, wrong — more at miss
1.
 a. : in a mistaken way : wrongly
  < if you think he is guilty, you judge amiss >
 b. : out of the right way : astray
  < something had gone — Van Wyck Brooks >
2. : in a faulty way : imperfectly
 < Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more — Jane Austen >
3.
 a. : in a reprehensible way
  < no doubt he got his money amiss >
 b. : in an uncalled-for way
  < a crude fellow, forever speaking amiss >
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English amis, from amis, adverb
1. : not in accordance with right order : wrong
 < undue provincialism is amiss — D.G.Mandelbaum >
2. : faulty, imperfect
 < whether his general health had been previously at all amiss — Charles Dickens >
3.
 a. : deserving blame : reprehensible
  < could prove nothing amiss — Hartzell Spence >
 b. : out of place under given circumstances : uncalled for — usually used with a negative
  < a few expurgated excerpts may not be amiss — R.B.Merriman >
  — usually used predicatively
III. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English amis, from amis, adjective & adverb
obsolete : fault, misdeed
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