wrong(ly)
1.He is wrong to think so不及He is wrong in thinking so普通。
2.比较下面四句:
- It is wrong for you to do this. (你做这件事是错误的。)
- It is wrong of you to do this. (你做这件事是不应该的。)
- It is wrong that you should do this. (跟第一句相同)
- You do wrong in doing(或to do)this. (跟第二句相同)
3.wrong和in the wrong的区别,相当于right和in the right的区别。参见right 4
4.wrong(副词)和wrongly的区别,相当于right和rightly的区别。参见right 5
但下面两句里用wrong或wrongly都可以:
- You guessed wrong(ly).
- You've done it wrong(ly).
5.注意下面各句里在wrong前面用the而不用a:
- They took the wrong course.
- He came on the wrong day.
- She brought me the wrong book.
- I knocked at the wrong door.
- You have said the wrong thing.
- That is the wrong way to do it.
- Dirt is said to be matter in the wrong place.
- Take care not to let the letter fall into the wrong hands.
the wrong...跟the right...相反,作“不是the right...的那个…”解。因为the right...里用the,所以也用the,并没有“唯一的”的意思。如假定一共有10本书,你叫某人拿第4本来,那第4本是right book,第4本以外的任何一本都是wrong book(一共有9本),第4本并不是“唯一的wrong book”,但习惯用the而不用a。