| 词汇 | example_english_outrageous |
| 释义 | Examples of outrageousThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. However, their position is in fact not quite so outrageous, as will be indicated in the next section of this chapter. In recent years outrageous views have seemed to be in the ascendancy ; the more heretical the conclusion the more likely it is to be publicised. I am not making the outrageous claim that the brain is nothing but a big emulator system. Any revolution is apt to look more outrageous in prospect than it turns out to be in retrospect. The goal is to deter outrageous police misconduct. In a (then) more tolerant political climate, behavior would have to have been quite outrageous before it could prompt widespread and serious offense. Tut-tutting is all very well, as page after page reveal yet more outrageous episodes. At its worst, this leads to outrageous exploitation of former employees, within a highly collaborative framework. Precisely because of their "outrageous" nature, romances with antifeminist diatribes may have incited female readers to question, if not to resist, their definition as inferior. Characteristically, he challenges the audience to a duel of understanding and to make sense of outrageous and unpredictable stratagems. No author of the age raised such a storm with such outrageous affronts to the lettered establishment. Indeed, as some traditionalists complained, the more outrageous the art, the more likely the critical accolade. The singers enhance their lyrics with provocative strutting, eye-catching and sometimes outrageous, self-designed costumes. If this sounds outrageous that may be because we tend to place too much importance on rationality. American lawyers are audacious by nature and have been known, on more than one occasion, to make outrageous arguments on behalf of their clients. The outrageous and exceptional is thus often more accessible than the unobjectionable and typical. Is it morally outrageous to suggest that parents who subject their children to the risks of gangs and ter rorists do wrong by their children? A final, perhaps mundane point: the price of 70s is outrageous. Being radical and outrageous was part of their self identity. Under such conditions, the 'dual' economy is formed, and outrageous disruption between the rich and the poor takes place. Criminalization of the behavior of such people is bad enough; intr usive preemption would be outrageous. The fear was not one of being outrageous or different - this they had embraced - but of becoming monstrous or grotesque. Reviews 379 maintained "perfect obedience to the law in private and outrageous behavior designed to incur censure in public" (p. 10). She might also urge that the justifying moral principle in these theodicies is morally outrageous. His grandfather had called him outrageous names. The blouses are especially outrageous. Nevertheless, for all the often outrageous claims and understandable cynicism, at least in the period between autumn 1926 and late summer 1927, community singing did capture the popular imagination. I cannot see that it is such an outrageous suggestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that that is the most outrageous interference by central government in what is essentially a matter for local decision and local democratic control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The money of the public should not be spent in paying outrageous interest to professional financiers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Members of the other place asked for a withdrawal after that ridiculous and outrageous allegation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His speech was totally outrageous and showed a total disregard for the facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this context the present request for one or two temporary junior assistants does not seem outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is his decision so outrageous as to be in defiance of logic and one that no sensible person could possibly have arrived at? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From 1979, they imposed a whole range of outrageous and regressive measures on local government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing outrageous or wrong in asking that sometimes the public sector should subsidise the private sector. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I join my noble friend in condemning the publication or attempted publication of outrageous memoirs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He knows perfectly well that they are in no position to answer his outrageous charges against them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One could call it outrageous because in itself it is a demonstration that industry is not receiving very much help. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Statements such as "outrageous"and"breathtaking" appeared in the local press. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difference in the price that the farmer receives and what we pay in a supermarket is outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation is exacerbated by the outrageous way in which the business rates have been settled this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Outrageous attacks have often been made on teachers, and we heard some more today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will look into the matter; it is outrageous that they should refuse to eat one of our healthiest and most staple products. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not outrageous that many people suggest that all those who are unemployed, and all those on low incomes, become criminals? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wonder what the people of the rock would think about such an outrageous proposal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No reason whatever was given for that outrageous increase in costs—just a demand to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of collection of the levy will be outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We created an enormous number of avenues for gambling, but were told that it would be controlled and respectable, that nothing outrageous would happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The suggestion that women should not be employed because of the social cost to employers is outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most outrageous example, however, was the water industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not once have we been told the basis of the outrageous claims of savings of £100 million. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The way that he is behaving is outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The back-up power will be the availability of the criminal courts to deal with outrageous criminal cases. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Both may be outrageous but the language employed by both sides is chosen so as to suppress reservations and doubts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In order to prevent reasonable people suggesting that it was outrageous, we had a full day's debate a fortnight ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been told that it was a most outrageous and unconstitutional thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The result is that the landlord is to have it either way, which is surely quite the most outrageous travesty of justice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does anyone suggest that that is an outrageous figure? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From the national point of view that is gross and outrageous luxury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The estimate of 25,000 schemes is wholly outrageous and, secondly, the financial estimate will be equally bad. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing novel, there is nothing outrageous, there is nothing confiscatory about the principle of such taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A rate increase of that magnitude is unjustified and outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, progress towards this goal has been hampered by the outrageous behaviour of some opponents of the agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We called it discreditable, improper, disreputable and outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody can defend a person aged between 16 and 20 from the most outrageous exploitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot see anything outrageous in suggesting that we should remove a degree of regulation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As it was, the publicity surrounding his case was outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She rightly said that there is no justification whatever for this outrageous and absurd guillotine motion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are restricting people's right to point to sheer, outrageous, unbelievably wicked dishonesty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I condemn the economies, as being the most brutal and outrageous thing that we have ever seen in capitalist society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I never knew a man who could say such outrageous things with such charm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The landlord dare not let the tenant suffer this outrageous loss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An outrageous force majeure is being wreaked on tenants—especially the elderly, as was pointed out— whereby they must obtain their insurance from a particular company. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of people dying is, by any standards, outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people who are served by my health trust should be recompensed for the consequences of that outrageous decision. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he join me in deploring the outrageous exploitation of labour, including child labour? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In a democratic sense that seems to me to be outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 True enough, they have been amended in consultation if they have sometimes been outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To attract readers, one has to be ever more outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that to be an outrageous sum to give to any one individual. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my view that kind of conduct is quite outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he take this opportunity to deny that outrageous allegation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of us feel that his conduct yesterday was outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the face of it, that is an outrageous suggestion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that not an outrageous way to behave towards parents and ratepayers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The cost of keeping individuals or families in bed-and-breakfast accommodation is in many cases outrageous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rule requires what is outrageous and unprovable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I share the view of many that it is quite outrageous that there should be no real right of appeal to an independent authority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ministerial responsibility to me means taking the punishment if something outrageous is done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not quite outrageous that the theatre should not be zero-rated? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He did not say that the idea was ridiculous, outrageous, unjust or extravagant; he said that it would create a precedent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that it would be outrageous if this important development were not sited in an assisted area? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not outrageous that such transactions should be subjected to heavy taxation of a wholly unmeritorious and unnecessary character? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a ruling would be laughable, outrageous and completely unacceptable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will not they be held to account for that outrageous action? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。