单词 | fury |
释义 | fury (fjʊəri ) 1. uncountable noun Fury is violent or very strong anger. She screamed, her face distorted with fury and pain. Synonyms: anger, passion, rage, madness [informal] 2. in a fury phrase [PHRASE after verb, PHRASE with cl] If you are in a fury, you are very angry. I had reacted in a fury of grief. He rose to his feet in a fury to leave no doubt about where he stood on the issue. Idioms: hell hath no fury like a woman scorned said to mean that women often react to something which hurts or upsets them by behaving very angrily and viciously Faithless husbands who doubt that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned should read Tolleck Winner's novel `Love With Vengeance' and beware. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: cold fury I feel a cold fury building i n s i d e me. The Sun She was in a cold fury with me. The Times Literary Supplement I bristled with cold fury, partly induced by a sense of having been tricked into failing in my self-imposed duty. Times, Sunday Times The visit has been characterised not by smiles and firm handshakes but by a kind of cold fury. Times, Sunday Times Mae reacts with cold fury and picks up a hoe from the victory garden. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Lower down the bank hierarchy, a bonus ban would provoke fury from branch staff. Times, Sunday Times A deal like this would normally provoke fury from other banks who would worry they were being put at a competitive disadvantage. Times, Sunday Times It would provoke fury from environmentalists and countryside campaigners. Times, Sunday Times However, its plans to stage the payments over three years have provoked fury as tens of thousands of policyholders will miss out. Times, Sunday Times The move provoked fury from other residents and councillors, who pointed out that the mayor's largesse was benefiting only law breakers. Times, Sunday Times Changing into borrowed clothes in the museum's lavatory, he was shaking with the righteous fury of somebody who ought not to have trusted the weatherman. Times, Sunday Times They howled with righteous fury when we told them it was time to leave. Times, Sunday Times I fear they are also, in their righteous fury, misunderstanding what it will take to oust or defeat him. Times, Sunday Times Note: this will bring out your stubborn side, which could unleash a righteous fury. Times, Sunday Times I saw her righteous fury when she'd read survivor testimony or interview family members who were still reeling from the wrenching away of a loved one. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 狂怒 Japanese: 激怒 |
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