• adv. 錯誤地；邪惡的，不正當地
• n. 壞事；不公正
• adj. 錯誤的；失常的；不適當的
• vt. 委屈；無理地對待；誹謗
• n. (Wrong)人名；(英)朗

來自PIE*wrengh,彎，轉，偏離，來自PIE*wer的鼻音形式，彎，轉，詞源同wry,wring。引申義錯誤的。比較right,來自PIE*reg,直，詞源同rectitude,regulate.

wrong

wrong: [OE] Etymologically, wrong probably means ‘twisted’. It was borrowed into late Old English from Old Norse *vrangr ‘awry’ (rangr is the recorded form), which was descended from prehistoric Germanic *wrangg- (source also of English wrangle [14]). A variant of the same base, *wrengg-, produced English wring [OE].
=> wrangle, wring

wrong (adj.)

late Old English, "twisted, crooked, wry," from Old Norse rangr, earlier *wrangr "crooked, wry, wrong," from Proto-Germanic *wrang- (cognates: Danish vrang "crooked, wrong," Middle Dutch wranc, Dutch wrang "sour, bitter," literally "that which distorts the mouth"), from PIE *wrengh-, variant of *wergh- "to turn" (see wring).

Sense of "not right, bad, immoral, unjust" developed by c. 1300. Wrong thus is etymologically a negative of right (adj.1), which is from Latin rectus, literally "straight." Latin pravus was literally "crooked," but most commonly "wrong, bad;" and other words for "crooked" also have meant "wrong" in Italian and Slavic. Compare French tort "wrong, injustice," from Latin tortus "twisted."

As an adverb from c. 1200. Wrong-headed first recorded 1732. To get up on the wrong side (of the bed) "be in a bad mood" is recorded from 1801, according to OED, from its supposed influence on one's temper; it appears in Halliwell's "Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words" in 1846, but doesn't seem to have been used much generally before late 1870s. To be on the wrong side of a given age, "older than," is from 1660s. Wrong side of the road (that reservbed for oncoming traffic) is by 1838. To be from (or on) the wrong side of the tracks "from the poor part of town" is from 1921, American English.

wrong (n.)

"that which is improper or unjust," late Old English, from wrong (adj.). Meaning "an unjust action" is recorded from c. 1200.

wrong (v.)

"to do wrong to," early 14c., from wrong (adj.). Related: Wronged; wronging.

1. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.

別抱怨不好的事，要對好的事心存感恩。

來自金山詞霸 每日一句

2. It would be wrong to continue out of perversity.

為了故意作對而繼續這樣做是不對的。

來自柯林斯例句

3. One or other of the two women was wrong.

這兩個女人當中有一個人錯了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. A debriefing would follow this operation, to determine where it went wrong.

這次行動之后將會有一個任務執行情況報告會，以便確定是哪里出了問題。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Don't get me wrong, it's interesting work. But it's not permanent.

別誤會我的意思，這個工作很有意思，可惜不是長期性的。

來自柯林斯例句