Word · Frequency #672
wrong
冤枉；亏待；伤害
to treat someone unjustly or do harm to them
- 1.
To treat unjustly; to injure or harm; to do wrong by.
冤枉
- 2.
To deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice.
剥夺权利
- 3.
To slander; to impute evil to unjustly.
诽谤
- 4.
treat unjustly; do wrong to
冤枉；不公正地对待
剥夺…的权利；使得不到公正；诽谤；中伤；冤枉；剥夺权利；诽谤
In use
He wronged his best friend by spreading a rumor about him.
She felt that the company had wronged her when it denied her promotion.
I never meant to wrong you; please forgive me.
wrong somebody
She wronged him by spreading false rumors.
她散布谣言冤枉了他。
be wronged
He felt deeply wronged by the accusation.
他因这项指控深感委屈。
wrong somebody by doing something
They wronged their friend by ignoring his pleas.
Connections
Collocations
- wrong someone
- 冤枉某人；不公正地对待某人
- She felt that her boss had wronged her by giving the promotion to someone else.她觉得老板把晋升机会给了别人，是冤枉了她。
- feel wronged
- 感到被冤枉；觉得受了委屈
- He felt wronged when his colleagues took credit for his work.当同事们把他的功劳据为己有时，他感到被冤枉了。
- deeply wronged
- 深受委屈；被严重冤枉
- The villagers were deeply wronged by the forced eviction.村民们因强制驱逐而深受委屈。
- wronged party
- 受害方；被冤枉的一方
- The lawyer demanded compensation for the wronged party.律师要求给受害方赔偿。
Idioms & figurative uses
- do someone wrong
- 亏待某人；不公正地对待某人He admitted that he had done her wrong.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记住 wrong 是‘错’；动词就是把‘错’扣到别人头上——冤枉、诽谤。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal documents、formal accusations、literary narrative wrong 表示“冤枉；不公正对待”时通常比较正式，多用于法律、正式控诉或文学叙述；日常口语中更常说 treat someone unfairly 或 do someone wrong。
Pronunciation & Spelling
wrong 的英音为 /rɒŋ/（美音 /rɔːŋ/）。song、long、strong、throng 的重读元音和后面的辅音与 wrong 相同，真正押韵。注意 wring /rɪŋ/ 和 wrung /rʌŋ/ 只是拼写相似，元音不同，并不与 wrong 押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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