| 释义 |
wrong-footing
present participle 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
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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
|