单词 | loaded |
释义 | loaded (loʊdɪd ) 1. adjective A loaded question or word has more meaning or purpose than it appears to have, because the person who uses it hopes it will cause people to respond in a particular way. That's a loaded question. ...the loaded word 'sexist'. Synonyms: tricky, charged, sensitive, delicate 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If something is loaded with a particular characteristic, it has that characteristic to a very great degree. The President's visit is loaded with symbolic significance. [+ with] The phrase is loaded with irony. [+ with] 3. adjective If you say that something is loaded in favour of someone, you mean it works unfairly to their advantage. If you say it is loaded against them, you mean it works unfairly to their disadvantage. [disapproval] The press is loaded in favour of this present government. [+ in favour of] The article was heavily loaded against Morrissey. [+ against] ...very loaded experiments carried out by General Bobby Marshall. Synonyms: biased, weighted, rigged, distorted Idioms: the dice are loaded against someone said to refer to a situation where everything seems to work to your disadvantage, so that you are unlikely ever to have success I survived that night on the mountain when all the dice were loaded against me. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers loaded for bear [US] ready and eager to do something We could notify the mainland police, and they could go charging in there with guns and bullhorns, loaded for bear. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 有深意的 Japanese: 含みのある |
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