| 词汇 | out-and-out |
| 释义 | out-and-out adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˌaʊt.əndˈaʊt/ us /ˌaʊt̬.əndˈaʊt/ complete or in every way; used to emphasize an unpleasant quality of a person or thing: 彻头彻尾的，十足的，完完全全的 That's an out-and-out lie!那是个弥天大谎！ The whole project was an out-and-out disaster.整个计划彻底搞砸了。 Synonyms absolute downrightinformal sheer Linguistics: intensifying expressions annoy, frighten, scare, etc. the hell out of someoneidiom anything as... as anythingidiom at leastidiom bare burn come doubt end load long mile on steroidsidiom pants pestilential price pure rattling rattlingly shit out-and-out | American Dictionaryout-and-out adjective[ not gradable ] us/ˈɑut·ənˈɑʊt/ complete; in all ways: He’s an out-and-out fraud. Examples of out-and-outout-and-out They are also used by professional critics who review current releases by out-and-out rock bands. Its most obvious manifestation was the out-and-out warfare mentioned earlier. The adjective downright derives and takes its meanings from the adverb, including the degree meaning 'out-and-out'. So do the out-and-out vivisectionists. Taking up the issue of lexicalization (see section 2.1 above), the new meaning of the item 'completely, out-and-out' at this stage is no longer predictable from the constituents down+right. It is also time that we took greater account of the growing dissatisfaction with the practices of out-and-out free trade. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That is a clear case of out-and-out sale by the deceased for his own benefit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a ridiculous piece of out-and-out bureaucracy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The out-and-out criminals misappropriate service charges and sinking funds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is an out-and-out scandal and not worthy of any parliament. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English All this is unacceptable for two reasons: these practices constitute violations of fundamental human rights and are out-and-out attacks on democracy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is the out-and-out contradictions that render the report so flawed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An out-and-out subsidy, which would have been much easier for me to explain, simply would not do this. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We wanted stringent accountability, so that there should be out-and-out proof that there was no under-cutting of private enterprise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Neither is there a solution in the direction of out-and-out unionism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of out-and-out 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. |
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