| 词汇 | downright |
| 释义 | downright adjective[ before noun ], adverb informaluk /ˈdaʊn.raɪt/ us /ˈdaʊn.raɪt/ (especially of something bad) extremely or very great: （尤指不好的事情）极端的，极大的，十足的 I think the way she was treated is a downright disgrace.我认为那样对待她是非常不光彩的。 She's being downright unhelpful and obstructive.她这个人很难相处，而且总喜欢与人作对。 if not downright used when you want to emphasize that something is or may be even worse than it seems at first: The working conditions are unhealthy, if not downright (= and probably extremely) dangerous.这种工作环境即使称不上非常危险，也是对身体有害的。 Synonyms out-and-out outright Linguistics: very & extreme abjectly absolutely abundantly abundantly clear beyond biblical extraordinarily extremely infinitely particularly profoundly richly stupefyingly super super-duper super-spectacular superabundantly totally violently whatever downright | American Dictionarydownright adverb[ not gradable ] us/ˈdɑʊnˌrɑɪt/ actually or completely: Their working conditions were downright unhealthy. Examples of downrightdownright There will be some qualifications and criticisms, and a few downright disagreements, but they are footnotes to the footnotes. To preach a keen interest in how architecture is actually made can be downright unpopular, especially within a school of architecture. It is often the case that downright appears in contexts which themselves evoke a gradation. However, bounded heads are not the only possible collocates of downright over time. But none of them fails to be fascinating; and many are downright brilliant. For someone outside the culture, the enactment might well have been less obvious or downright unreadable. This is often uncomfortable, if not downright irritating. The architect's task is now to integrate new functions and new spaces in the castle, yet the choices available are downright vast. Given such misquotes and downright lies written about my own reports, no wonder that ufology has turned into such a discredited subject. The foregoing discussion shows that, although downright is a low-frequency intensifier, its history is nevertheless worthy of close attention. One may wonder why downright shows such a marked preference for negative collocates. A right glove left right at my door today would have been downright handy. Overall, although occasionally lacking focus, the collection is intellectually stimulating, absorbing, and often downright enjoyable. She shows no fondness for her own youthful innocence and betrays downright hostility toward her own child. Consequently, it will, in general, be extremely difficult, if not downright impossible, to evaluate its consequences. 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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