单词 | outrageously |
释义 | outrageousout‧ra‧geous /aʊtˈreɪdʒəs/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora situation that you think is wrong or immoral► bad Collocations · It's very bad that tons of food are going to waste while people are starving.· What's really bad is the way the government promises new housing and never provides it. ► wrong morally unacceptable, unfair, and against accepted ideas about what should be allowed to happen: · I was taught that abortion is wrong, even though it's not illegal.· It's wrong the way they treat that poor animal. ► disgusting something that is disgusting makes people feel shocked and angry, because it is completely immoral, evil, or unfair: · The attitude toward immigrants and racial minorities in this country is disgusting.· It's disgusting the way politicians use their position to their personal advantage. ► shocking/scandalous very immoral, unfair, or cruel, in a way that people think is unnecessary and unacceptable: · The state of the country's health system is scandalous.· a shocking waste of human life· The amount of money spent on nuclear weapons is shocking.· It's scandalous that a lawyer who holds a position of trust would be involved in this kind of embezzlement. ► outrageous a situation that is outrageous is extremely bad and unfair in a way that makes people very angry: · I've always thought it outrageous that the poor have to pay for tax cuts for the rich.· The President accused the writer of an outrageous personal attack on his wife. ► be a disgrace if you say something is a disgrace , you think it should not be allowed to happen, because it is very unfair or unkind: · The way they treat their workers is a disgrace.it's a disgrace (that): · It's a disgrace that the only hospital in the town has been closed. ► be a crime/be a sin you say that a situation is a crime or is a sin when you mean it is very bad, especially because it is not fair and could easily be prevented: · No one should be in such a bad way that they have to beg. It's a sin.· The condition of the inner cities in this country is nothing short of a crime.it's a crime/sin to do something: · Mrs Clark said it would be a sin to evict them just because they hadn't paid their rent.· It would be a crime not to take this opportunity to reconstruct our educational system. ► criminal a situation that is criminal is morally wrong, but not illegal: · I think keeping animals locked up in cages is criminal.· Having such beautiful paintings and not letting the public see them is a criminal waste of the nation's art treasures. ► deplorable formal a situation that is deplorable is very bad, especially when it is unnecessary and could easily be prevented: · Something must be done about the deplorable state of our roads.· In addition to their harsh sentences, the prisoners have been exposed to deplorable prison conditions. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► outrageous accusation 1very shocking and extremely unfair or offensive: outrageous prices an outrageous attack on his policiesit is outrageous (that) It’s outrageous that the poor should pay such high taxes.2extremely unusual and slightly amusing or shocking: an outrageous hairstyle He says the most outrageous things.—outrageously adverb (=shocking and extremely unfair)· He was drunk and his accusations were becoming more and more outrageous. ► outrageous view· The chairman said that Mr McNeil’s views were outrageous. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as· This was not quite as outrageous as it might seem at first.· She'd had some requests made of her in her time but none seemingly as outrageous as this.· But with an 8 litre engine, expect the petrol bills to be as outrageous as the car. ► more· You can get more and more outrageous if you wish.· The claim that he could deliver this unheard-of conviviality for under $ 1, 000 was even more outrageous.· Which of the two scenarios is more outrageous?· How many more outrageous examples of excess in political fund raising and spending do they need to be called to action?· But Moore is far more outrageous than her pop-culture image. ► most· The most outrageous concerns one of its joint authors.· Yes, but you were forced to surround these scientific gifts with the most outrageous mummery.· Pamela stopped, possibly the most outrageous idea she'd ever had popping fully-fledged into her head.· The most outrageous examples involve force-feeding massive doses of sugar substitutes to white laboratory mice, who eventually grew tumors.· It will have changed more than even the most outrageous thinking is likely to encompass.· Joe was one of the most outrageous of the gamblers, not least of all in his choice of conveyance.· Their most outrageous step toward re-regulation is rigging the stockmarket, which officials once disdained as a mucky casino. ► so· It is based on a true story so outrageous that it would never in a million years have passed muster as fiction.· Oh, David, he's so outrageous.· The idea was so outrageous it was unbelievable.· The logic was so outrageous that Congress had to act. |
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