词汇 | tearaway |
释义 | tearaway noun[ C ] UKinformaluk /ˈteə.rə.weɪ/ us /ˈter.ə.weɪ/ a young person, usually male, who behaves in an uncontrolled way and is often causing trouble: 小流氓 He was a real tearaway at school - he was always in trouble with teachers or with the police.他在学校是个十足的小阿飞,老是因犯事遭到老师或警察的责罚。 Uncontrolled all hell breaks looseidiom amok amuck corybantic crazily like madidiom madding maniacal maniacally non-regulated spin out of controlidiom spread like wildfireidiom squirrelly unbridled uncheckable wayward waywardly waywardness wig out wigged out Examples of tearawaytearaway In these tearaways, for whom violence and aggression is a common, casual and routine experience, such behaviour must always be condemned and never condoned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even among young and inexperienced drivers, there is a real difference between the accident risk of a responsible driver and of a tearaway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would like, however, to propose still further safeguards to protect boards from irresponsible and tearaway elements among shareholders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the school re-admits the pupil it looks as though the school is somehow giving way to pressure from a tearaway or group of tearaways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their expenditure plans, so far as we can understand them, would be bound to lead to tearaway inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If tearaways driving around in the middle of the night had to produce an identity card with a photograph, that problem would be resolved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even among young inexperienced motorists, there is a difference between the accident risk of a responsible driver and a tearaway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will always be tearaways and boom boys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 From my own observations, they capture the enthusiasm and imagination of young tearaways who have an absolute obsession with driving away cars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may have been a bit of a tearaway in his youth and may even have tattoos on his arms, or something unseemly such as that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a policeman decides to give a 16 or 17-year-old tearaway a fixed penalty notice, that is the end of it, but the court cannot have the same discretion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet the cost of the use of drill halls to train young tearaways to become good citizens would be amply justified by the reduction in the cost of potential crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Wild tearaways, wreckers and vandals, who, happily, are still in the minority, are undermining school discipline and community standards and causing an immense loss to public funds by their activities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Basketball and track and field are the two sports most commonly associated with tearaway pants and windpants. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The computer controls all the other characters in the game, including the headmaster, other teachers, the school tearaway, bully, swot and other pupils. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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