amiss
amiss
英[əˈmɪs]美[əˈmɪs]
adj.出了差错的，有毛病的，有缺陷的，（用于否定句）不恰当的；
例句
His joke was taken amiss by some of the company.他开玩笑的话使几个朋友不高兴。
Please don’t take it amiss if I venture to point out your errors.假如我冒昧指出你的错误,请不要见怪。
A little luck wouldn’t go amiss right now!现在要是交点好运倒也不错！
There was nothing amiss that I could see.我看不出来有什么不恰当的地方。
She sensed something was amiss right now!她觉得有点不对头，就叫了**。
Good counsel never comes amiss.忠言有利无害。出自：英语谚语
Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.饥不择食。出自：英语谚语
My self corrupting salving thy amiss.弄脏我自己来洗涤你的罪愆.
She sensed something was amiss and called the police.她觉得有点不对头，就叫了**。
Their instincts warned them something was amiss.他们直觉上感到有什么地方不对劲儿。
词组
take something amiss
be offended by something that is said, especially through misinterpreting the intentions behind it（尤指误解含义）因…而见怪something would not go (或 come) amiss
the specified thing would be welcome and useful受欢迎的，称心的柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
不对的；不正常的；错误的
If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong.
例句
Their instincts warned them something was amiss...他们直觉上感到有什么地方不对劲儿。Something is radically amiss in our health care system.我们的保健制度存在重大缺陷。PHRASE
会起作用；会称心如意；不会出错
If you say that something would not go amiss or would not come amiss, you mean that it would be pleasant and useful.
例句
A bit of charm and humour would not go amiss...人有点吸引力和幽默感总是好的。The cracks are showing in the walls and a lick of paint would not come amiss.墙面开始出现裂缝了，刷一点油漆就能补好。英汉词典释义
adj.
出了差错的,有毛病的
She sensed something was amiss right now!她觉得有点不对头，就叫了**。有缺陷的
(用于否定句)不恰当的
There was nothing amiss that I could see.我看不出来有什么不恰当的地方。adv.
错误地,不正确地
不顺当地;不称心地
不恰当地,不对头地
合时宜；有用；倒也不错
A little luck wouldn’t go amiss right now!现在要是交点好运倒也不错！A little luck wouldn’t go amiss right now!现在要是交点好运倒也不错！Nothing comes amiss to a hungry man.饥不择食。(可能因误会)对…生气；因…而见怪
Please don’t take it amiss if I venture to point out your errors.假如我冒昧指出你的错误,请不要见怪。His joke was taken amiss by some of the company.他开玩笑的话使几个朋友不高兴。英英词典释义
Adjective
1. not functioning properly;
"something is amiss""has gone completely haywire""something is wrong with the engine"Adverb
1. away from the correct or expected course;
"something has gone awry in our plans""something went badly amiss in the preparations"2. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner;
"if you think him guilty you judge amiss""he spoke amiss""no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly"3. in an imperfect or faulty way;
"The lobe was imperfectly developed""Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen
