Amiss

(adj.) not functioning properly; 'something is amiss'; 'has gone completely haywire'; 'something is wrong with the engine' .

(adv.) in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; 'if you think him guilty you judge amiss'; 'he spoke amiss'; 'no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly'.

巴頓整理

• If he's done anything amiss, he shall confess, beg pardon, and be punished. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
• When they got into the hall, Jo asked Laurie if she had said something amiss. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
• But here it may not be amiss to remark a very curious phaenomenon, which the present subject suggests to us. 戴維·休謨. 人性論.
• There is something amiss here, cried one. 埃德加·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
• Have you noticed anything amiss with them of late? 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
• Unless one is cognizant of the energies which are already in operation, one's attempts at direction will almost surely go amiss. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
• You have not mentioned to any of the three gentlemen whom you attend that anything is amiss? 阿瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
• Well, wot's amiss here? 查爾斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
• I hope this history of my conduct towards her will be admitted by you and my father as great extenuation of what you saw amiss. 簡·奧斯汀. 愛瑪.
• I hope there is nothing amiss with the sister of my old pupil? 查爾斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.

埃斯蒂斯整理