amiss
[ə'mɪs] adjective [after verb]
■wrong; not suitable or not as expected 不对的；不合适的；不正常的•I could see by the look on their faces that something was amiss.我从他们的神情上看出，有些事情出了差错。 not go amiss informal
■If something might/would not go amiss, it would be useful and might help to improve a situation 并非无用；并非没益处•A word of apology might not go amiss.道个歉或许并无坏处。 •A sense of proportion would not go amiss in all of this.在这种情况下有点分寸应该还是有好处的。 take sth amiss
■to be offended by something that someone has said to you 因…而见怪；对某人的话不高兴•I was worried that he might take my remark amiss.我担心他也许会对我的话见怪。 |