amiss
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词不对的;不正常的;错误的 If you say that something is amiss, you mean there is something wrong.
【搭配模式】:v-link ADJ
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。
2.PHRASE 短语会起作用;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.
【搭配模式】:V inflects
【语域标签】:BRIT 英
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。
