wrongful

Word family  noun wrong adjective wrong wrongful verb wrong adverb wrong wrongly wrongfully

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wrong·ful /ˈrɒŋfəl $ ˈrɒːŋ-/ adjective  wrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment/dismissal etc a wrongful arrest etc is unfair or illegal because the person affected by it has done nothing wrong 不公正[非法]的逮捕/判决/入狱/解雇等 She’s threatening to sue her employers for wrongful dismissal. 她扬言要控告雇主非法解雇。 —wrongfully adverb

Examples from the Corpus

wrongful• The city is facing many claims for wrongful arrest, totalling millions of dollars.• What do you stand to gain in a wrongful dismissal case?• A wrongful dismissal may be fair.• All claims by the employee, whether they be for unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal or redundancy are claims against the vendor.From Longman Business Dictionarywrongfulwrong‧ful /ˈrɒŋfəlˈrɒːŋ-/ adjective [only before a noun]HUMAN RESOURCES wrongful actions or activities are unfair or illegalHe has filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful dismissal (=being dismissed unfairly from his job). —wrongfully adverbThe company had wrongfully fired him after he refused to violate environmental policies.

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wrongful
wrong‧ful /ˈrɒŋfəl $ ˈrɒːŋ-/ adjectivewrongful arrest/conviction/imprisonment/dismissal etc a wrongful arrest etc is unfair or illegal because the person affected by it has done nothing wrong:
    She’s threatening to sue her employers for wrongful dismissal.
—wrongfully adverb

wrong·fulBrE /ˈrɒŋfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrɔːŋfl/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (law 法律) not fair, morally right or legal 不公正的；不道德的；不合法的◆She decided to sue her employer for wrongful dismissal. 她决定起诉雇主非法解雇她。🔊🔊▸ wrong·ful·ly BrE /ˈrɒŋfəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrɔːŋfəli/ 🔊 adverb◆to be wrongfully convicted/dismissed遭非法定罪／解雇

• In informal language wrong can be used as an adverb instead of wrongly, when it means 'incorrectly' and comes after a verb or its object. 在非正式用法中，wrong 可作副词代替 wrongly，表示错误地，置于动词或动词宾语之后：◆My name was spelled wrong. 我的名字拼错了。◆I'm afraid you guessed wrong. 恐怕你猜错了。 Wrongly is used before a past participle or a that clause. * wrongly 用于过去分词或 that 从句之前：◆My name was wrongly spelt. 我的名字拼错了。◆She guessed wrongly that he was a teacher. 她误以为他是个教师。
• Wrongfully is usually used in a formal legal situation with words like convicted, dismissed and imprisoned. * wrongfully 通常用于正式的法律场合，与 convicted、dismissed、imprisoned 等词连用。