outrage
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you are outraged by something, it makes you extremely angry and shocked. 使震怒
Many people have been outraged by some of the things that have been said. 許多人曾爲(wèi)其所聽說的一些事情所震怒。
2. outragedADJ 震怒的
He is truly outraged about what's happened to him. 他確實(shí)爲(wèi)發(fā)生在他身上的事情而震怒。
3. N-UNCOUNT Outrage is an intense feeling of anger and shock. 震怒
The decision provoked outrage from women and human rights groups. 該決定激起了婦女和各人權(quán)組織的震怒。
4. N-COUNT You can refer to an act or event that angers and shocks you as an outrage. 令人震怒之?dāng)H; 令人震怒之事
The latest outrage was to have been a coordinated gun and bomb attack on the station. 最近令人震怒的事件是一次對(duì)該車站槍彈竝用的襲擊。
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outrage (outraging,outraged,outrages)
動(dòng)詞讀作?a?t?re?d?。名詞讀作?a?tre?d?。
劍橋詞典
- [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
- When the truth came out, there was public outrage.
- Her speech caused outrage among the gay community .
- The conviction of the three demonstrators has caused public outrage locally .
- He let out a strangulated squeak of outrage.
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a feeling of anger and shock
憤慨，義憤
These murders have provoked outrage across the country . 這些謀殺事件激起了全國(guó)公衆(zhòng)的憤慨。
Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict . 許多政治家和公衆(zhòng)人物表達(dá)了對(duì)這一判決的憤慨。
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a shocking , morally unacceptable , and usually violent action
暴行；（道義上）難以接受的事情；駭人聽聞的行爲(wèi)
The bomb , which killed 15 people , was the worst of a series of terrorist outrages. 炸彈炸死了15人，這是恐怖主義者一系列暴行中最嚴(yán)重的一次。
[ 詞或詞組後麪接一個(gè)that從句 ] It's an outrage (= it is shocking and morally unacceptable ) that so much public money should have been wasted in this way. 這麼多公款竟然被如此揮霍，真是豈有此理。
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