| 词汇 | wrong-footed |
| 释义 | wrong-footed past participle, past simple ofwrong-foot 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 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 wrong-foot You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Cheating & tricking General terms used in ball sports Examples of wrong-footedwrong-footed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The parish council does not have sufficient information and is often wrong-footed and put at a great disadvantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sure enough, at least half of the properties were bought by young marrieds and the education authority was caught wrong-footed to a disastrous degree. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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 The press was not only wrong-footed by the appointment, but generally highly critical. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vafrnir, wrong-footed, invites him in and to seat himself. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The prosecution was wrong-footed and never fully recovered. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As a fielding team can not manoeuvre fielders while the bowler is in his run-up, the fielding side is effectively wrong-footed with the fielders out of position. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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