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📰 外刊例句

CEOs had an uneasy relationship with President Trump , many distancing themselves from his most outrageous pronouncements and tut-tutting about protectionism, even as they enjoyed his more conventional policies. 特朗普在任时,企业老板们和这位总统的关系尴尬,他们很享受他那些更偏保守的政策,但同时许多人会跟他的出格言论保持距离,对他的保护主义做派发出啧啧不满声。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[adjective] shockingly bad or excessive
[形容词] 惊人地糟糕或过度的


💡 深入解读

Outrageous 是一个与常见单词 gorgeous (非常漂亮的;令人愉快的;华丽的、绚丽的)有着相同结尾的单词,两者可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看, outrageous 一词源自古法语outrageus, outrajos(无节制的、过度的、暴力的、无法无天的),最早于14世纪进入英语后也是用来表示“肆无忌惮的、毫无节制的”或“反常的、荒诞的、惊人的”,既可以指超出通常的限度而惊人地糟糕或过度的,也可以指非常规或不切合实际到了极度夸张或不可能的地步

大放厥词

make outrageous statements

怪里怪气的服装

outrageous clothes

The man with a facile tongue says the most outrageous things sometimes.那个能说会道的人有时候尽说些耸人听闻的事。

an outrageous distortion of truth由于肆无忌惮反常的事物除了令人震惊以外,往往还会使人觉得难以容忍和极端粗俗无礼。因而 outrageous 自然就被用来引申指“骇人的、令人厌憎的、令人不能容忍的”以及“无耻的、无道德的、极端无礼的”,常意味着违背了正确或体面的最低标准,或者超出了某人所能承受或容忍的最大限度。比如:对真相无耻的歪曲

I must apologise for my outrageous behaviour.我必须为自己极端无礼的行为道歉。

除此之外,青少年在口语中还常用 outrageous 赞赏某个大胆或惊人之举“极棒的、极好的”。


📚 名著用例

The young sparks, it is true, were as full of extravagancies as overgrown children: the words of their tumultuary discussions were difficultly understood and not often nice: their testiness and outrageous mots were such that his intellects resiled from: nor were they scrupulously sensible of the proprieties though their fund of strong animal spirits spoke in their behalf. 彼等荡儿实似狂妄自大之顽童,喜议论喧嚣,用语费解,且口出不逊。每闻其暴躁与寡廉鲜耻之话语,顿感愤慨。虽能以血气方刚勉强为之开脱,但如此无礼实难以忍受。

— 出自《爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯(James Joyce)于1922年出版的长篇小说《尤利西斯》( Ulysses )。参见: 名著下载 | 尤利西斯(Ulysses)》


🔍 同近义词

  • atrocious: horrifyingly wicked
  • heinous: (of a person or wrongful act, especially a crime) utterly odious or wicked
  • monstrous: inhumanly or outrageously evil
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