| 词汇 | wrong-foot |
| 释义 | wrong-foot verb uk /ˌrɒŋˈfʊt/ us /ˌrɑːŋˈfʊt/ [ Toften passive ] to cause someone to be in a difficult situation by doing something unexpected: 使措手不及 The company was completely wrong-footed by the dollar's sudden recovery.美元的突然复苏使那家公司完全措手不及。 [ T ]UK in a sport, to hit or kick the ball so that the other player believes the ball will go in the opposite direction to the one in which it will really go, in order to make them move in the wrong direction Causing difficulties for oneself or others ask questions of someone/somethingidiom be a tall orderidiom be asking for troubleidiom be your own worst enemyidiom bother someone with something catch dig lay make heavy weather of somethingidiom make it difficult for someone to do something obduracy open a can of worms overburden sand shoot store up trouble/problemsidiom subject someone/something to something sucker punch swamp tall You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cheating & tricking General terms used in ball sports Examples of wrong-footwrong-foot Its text is unrelentingly metaphorical and its setting attempts to wrong-foot the performer by relying upon his or her familiarity with another playful convention. Finally, they too get the idea and wrong-foot it enthusiastically to the sudden conclusion. It was not merely to wrong-foot him that our first report was on housing benefit fraud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an attempt to wrong-foot them on the vital and populist issue of price control, which everybody believes is a good thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, renegotiation would wrong-foot the federalists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It can be used to wrong-foot a defense. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There is always a desire to wrong-foot the viewer. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has confounded and wrong-footed the professional moaners who carp about things being too little, too late. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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