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词汇 outrageous
释义 outrageous
adjective
uk /ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/ us /ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/
B2
shocking and morally unacceptable: 骇人的;无耻的;无法接受的
The judge criticized the "outrageous greed" of some of the bankers.法官批评有些银行家“无耻贪婪”。
[ + that ]It is outrageous that these buildings remain empty while thousands of people have no homes.这些大楼空着,而成千上万的人却无家可归,这真是令人难以容忍。
These prices are just outrageous (= much too high).这些价格高得吓人。
used to describe something or someone that is shocking because they are unusual or strange: (因反常或怪异)吓人的,惊人的,令人震惊的
outrageous clothes/behaviour奇装异服/怪异的举止
an outrageous character怪人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Morally wrong and evil
abhorrent
abhorrently
amoral
amorality
anomie
dissipated
dissolute
dissolutely
dissoluteness
enormity
nefariously
nefariousness
no goodidiom
no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
non-ethical
trespass
turpitude
unconscionable
unconscionably
unethical

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Strange, suspicious and unnatural

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outrageously

outrageous | American Dictionary


outrageous
adjective
us/ɑʊtˈreɪ·dʒəs/
unacceptable, offensive, violent, or unusual:
He made outrageous claims.

outrageously


adverbus/ɑʊtˈreɪ·dʒəs·li/
By all evidence, outrageously bad dreams are a universal human experience (= an experience had by everyone).

Examples of outrageous


outrageous
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.
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