单词详解 | outright

outright
音标
美音:/ˈaʊtraɪt/,英音:/ˈaʊtraɪt/

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Indeed, legal experts said that while administrations may have slow-walked compliance with court orders in the past, there is little recent memory of flouting them outright.
事实上,法律专家表示,虽然政府过去可能在遵守法院命令方面行动缓慢,但最近几乎没有人直接蔑视它们。
Washington Times

Any candidate that can secure more than half the presidential vote on 14 May is the outright winner.
任何能够在 5 月 14 日获得半数以上总统选票的候选人都是绝对的赢家。
BBC

The editorial on veterans benefits was tone-deaf at best and outright disinformation at worst.
关于退伍军人福利的社论充其量是充耳不闻,最坏的情况是彻头彻尾的虚假信息。
Washington Post

基本释意
adverb
without reservation or concealment
adj. 完全的,彻底的;公开的,直率的;绝对的,全面的

同义词
straight-out,unlimited,in a flash,instantaneously,instantly

短释义
If you do something outright, you do it in a wholehearted, unrestricted way. If you declare outright that you’re never eating another cupcake, that’s the end of that. If you eat one anyway, you told an outright lie.
如果你直截了当地做某事,你就会全心全意、不受限制地去做。如果你直截了当地宣布你再也不会吃纸杯蛋糕了,那就完了。如果你还是吃了一个,那你就撒了一个彻头彻尾的谎言。

长释义
If an event is cancelled outright, there’s no question about it being rescheduled, and if you buy a new car outright, you pay for it all at once, instead of making monthly payments. Outright means direct and immediate — whether it’s an adverb or an adjective: “The child’s outright refusal to put on his shoes exasperated his babysitter.” It can also mean “right away.” If you step on a slug, you’ll probably kill it outright. Ew.
如果一个事件被彻底取消,毫无疑问它会被重新安排,如果你直接购买一辆新车,你一次性支付所有费用,而不是每月付款。 Outright 的意思是直接和立即——无论是副词还是形容词:“孩子完全拒绝穿鞋激怒了他的保姆。”它也可以表示“马上”。如果你踩到鼻涕虫,你可能会直接杀死它。嗯。

文学例句
American history was getting easier, but only in that I was no longer failing the quizzes outright.
美国历史变得越来越容易,但只是因为我不再完全不及格测验。
Educated by Tara Westover

Their reaction last night had told some of this story plainly enough, but still, hearing it said outright was something else.
他们昨晚的反应已经足够清楚地说明了这个故事的一部分,但仍然,听到它直截了当地说出来是另一回事。
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Last week a young man walked up and asked me outright for three thousand zaires, and once again my jaw dropped.
上周一个年轻人走过来直接向我要三千扎伊尔,我又一次惊掉了下巴。
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

词源
outright (adv.)c. 1300, “completely, entirely; openly, directly; at once, without hesitation,” from out- + right (adj.1)). Meaning “all at once” is attested from c. 1600. As an adjective, “direct, downright,” from 1530s.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
彻底(副词)c。 1300,“完全地,完全地;公开地,直接地;立即地,毫不犹豫地,”来自 out- + right (adj.1))。意思是“一次全部”从c证明。 1600。从 1530 年代起,作为形容词,“直接、彻头彻尾”。相关条目及更多


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