受委屈
- feel wronged
She felt deeply wronged by his accusations.
他的指控使她覺得很委屈。
- feel aggrieved(感到委屈的;憤憤不平的)
She felt aggrieved at not being chosen for the team.
她為沒有入選該球隊感到委屈。
- feel hard done-by 覺得受到不公平的對待;感覺委屈了
I’m feeling hard done-by because I’ve been taking care of the kids all week and Steve’s been out every night. 整整一周我都在看孩子,而史蒂夫每晚都出去玩,我覺得受了委屈。
Don’t get me wrong. 別誤會,別理解錯了。
Don’t get me wrong. I’d love to come, but I’m too busy next week.
別誤會。我確實想來,但是我下個禮拜太忙了。
wrong-foot 使措手不及
The company was completely wrong-footed by the dollar’s sudden recovery.
美元的突然復蘇使那家公司完全措手不及。
catch sb. on the wrong foot 令(某人)措手不及
I hadn’t expected the question and it caught me on the wrong foot.
我沒有預料到這個問題,它使我措手不及。