n. calamity,disaster,misfortune災(zāi)難，禍患，不幸
△Ham.4.5.18: “Each toy seems prologue to somegreat amiss.”每樁小事都像是什么大難的預(yù)兆。
amiss
a.
1. wrong. faulty,improper錯(cuò)誤的，有差錯(cuò)的，不適當(dāng)?shù)摹?br/>△Mac.2.3.104 (97): “What is amiss?” 出了什么亂子了？
2.inappropriate,improper不恰當(dāng)?shù)?，不合適的。
△Oth.4.1.92 (91):“That's not amiss.”那倒無妨。
3.out of order,wrong.faulty越出正常狀況，不正常的，有毛病的。
△2H.IV.1.2.26 (24):“'tis not a hair amissyet.”i.e.It is perfect. (It is not out of order by somuch as a hair because there is no hair on his cheek.)現(xiàn)在它倒是一絲一毫的毛病也沒有。
amiss
ad.
1.wrongly,ill錯(cuò)誤地，有害地。
△ 2H.VI.1.2.92:“Goldcannot come amiss,were she a devil.”哪怕她是魔鬼，金錢總不會(huì)有錯(cuò)兒。
2.improperly.out of time,out of place不適當(dāng)?shù)?，不合時(shí)宜，于地點(diǎn)不合。
△Ham.5.2.415 (401):“Such a sightas this/ Becomes the field,but here shows muchamiss.”這種景象只會(huì)在戰(zhàn)場上有，但在這里卻顯得反常。
amiss[??mis]
adj.&adv.不恰當(dāng)，錯(cuò)誤，有差錯(cuò)
◇ come amiss不稱心
go amiss出差錯(cuò)
take amiss曲解，對…生氣