| 词汇 | outcry |
| 释义 | outcry noun[ C ] uk /ˈaʊt.kraɪ/ us /ˈaʊt.kraɪ/ a strong expression of anger and disapproval about something, made by a group of people or by the public: 呐喊;大声疾呼;强烈抗议 The release from prison of two of the terrorists has provoked a public outcry.释放两名恐怖分子激起了公众的强烈抗议。 Opposing & against active resistance ad hominem adversarial against someone's beliefs alienate alienated converse countervailing discordant go against someone intifada kick kick against something lark objector opposed opposition protest resistant sedition outcry | American Dictionaryoutcry noun[ C ] us/ˈɑʊtˌkrɑɪ/ a strong expression of public anger and disapproval: Plans to tear down the old courthouse led to a public outcry. outcry | Business Englishoutcry noun[ U ] uk /ˈaʊtkraɪ/us STOCK MARKET, FINANCE → open outcry Examples of outcryoutcry The tobacco factories were closed in 1791, partly in response to public outcry. The government gambled that outcries from vested interests would neutralize each other and that unions would be divided and powerless. The political context in which this commercial outcry erupted contributed greatly to its success. There were strong outcries for reopening the trade among the border communities. The assumption that such an operation could be undertaken without a major international outcry was naive in the extreme. They would soon raise an outcry and put pressure on the government to withdraw its decision. The public outcry that greeted the destruction of the monument complicates such an interpretation, however. Or consider what the nefarious concepts of public, public outcry, and public opinion mean in these accounts. In contrast, self-command is identified with "manhood and firmness", while the "useless outcries" of men who fail to show this virtue are "womanish lamentations" (244). Do "focusing" events lead "outcrying" voters to demand new forms of regulation by exposing failures or imperfections in the marketplace? The depiction caused an outcry from all sectors of society and the planning committee was advised to change it. Few could have predicted the outcry that was to follow. It was evidently this fear which, back in the 1860s, caused the orthodox outcry. This discovery led to an outcry among students and staff. This provoked an outcry from the leading men of the kingdom. 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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