be outrageously + adjective
该词修饰形容词时,强调程度高得离谱,常用于负面或极端语境。
The tickets were outrageously expensive.
票价极其昂贵。
令人不能容忍地;凶残地;肆无忌惮地
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
令人不能容忍地;凶残地;肆无忌惮地
in a very offensive manner
The tickets were outrageously expensive.
票价极其昂贵。
以骇人听闻的方式;到骇人听闻的程度。
In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
The repair shop gave me an outrageously high estimate, so I took my car elsewhere.
那家修车铺给了我一个高得离谱的估价,所以我把车开到别处去了。
The queue for the ride was outrageously long, but we decided to wait anyway.
那个游乐项目的队伍长得离谱,但我们还是决定等下去。
The restaurant's chocolate cake is outrageously good, so I always order it.
那家餐厅的巧克力蛋糕好吃极了,所以我总是点它。
该词修饰形容词时,强调程度高得离谱,常用于负面或极端语境。
The tickets were outrageously expensive.
票价极其昂贵。
该词置于动词后作方式状语,表示行为或反应令人强烈不满。
He behaved outrageously at the meeting.
他在会议上表现得令人无法容忍。
在该句型中,该词修饰形容词补足语,表达强烈评价。
I find the prices outrageously high.
我觉得这些价格高得离谱。
Not this
He was behaving outrageous in the meeting.
Use this
He was behaving outrageously in the meeting.
outrageous 是形容词,不能修饰动词 behaving。修饰动词应用副词 outrageously,表示行为令人不能容忍。
Not this
That is an outrageously idea.
Use this
That is an outrageous idea.
idea 是名词,应被形容词修饰。outrageously 是副词,不能修饰名词,需改为形容词 outrageous。
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极其昂贵的;贵得离谱的
The hotel was outrageously expensive, so we decided to stay somewhere cheaper.
这家酒店贵得离谱,所以我们决定住便宜一点的地方。
极其滑稽的;好笑到离谱的
His story was outrageously funny and had everyone laughing.
他的故事好笑到离谱,逗得大家哈哈大笑。
极其无礼的;粗鲁得令人不能容忍的
It was outrageously rude of him to interrupt the speaker.
他打断演讲者,真是极其无礼。
极其不公平的
Losing her job after all those years seems outrageously unfair.
她工作多年后却丢了工作,这似乎极不公平。
行为恶劣;举止令人不能容忍
He behaved outrageously at the party and was asked to leave.
他在派对上行为恶劣,被要求离开。
极其慷慨的
She made an outrageously generous donation to the charity.
她向慈善机构捐赠了极其慷慨的一笔钱。
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outrage是“愤怒/暴行”,加-ly成副词;联想“超出(out)常理,令人怒(rage)不可遏”,即“令人发指地、极其”。
语域:mixed 常见场景:日常口语、正式评论 该词常随搭配语境改变语气:修饰负面行为(如 outrageously rude)时偏正式,多用于严肃批评;修饰程度(如 outrageously expensive)时多用于日常口语或夸张表达,较为随意。
真正与 /aʊtˈreɪdʒəslɪ/ 押韵的是 courageously /kəˈreɪdʒəsli/ 和 advantageously /ˌædvənˈteɪdʒəsli/(重读元音及之后均为 /eɪdʒəsli/)。outrageous(少一个 -ly 音节)、gorgeously /ˈɡɔːdʒəsli/、religiously /rɪˈlɪdʒəsli/、egregiously /ɪˈɡriːdʒəsli/ 拼写相似,但重读元音不同,不押韵。
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