单词 | outrageous |
释义 | outrageous (aʊtreɪdʒəs ) adjective B2 If you describe something as outrageous, you are emphasizing that it is unacceptable or very shocking. [emphasis] I must apologise for my outrageous behaviour. Charges for local phone calls are particularly outrageous. Synonyms: atrocious, shocking, terrible, violent outrageously adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] Car-parks are few, crammed, and outrageously expensive. She flirted with him outrageously at times. Collocations: outrageous clothes In turn, social media has magnified his power, he says, creating a real hunger for outrageous clothes that shout. Times, Sunday Times He comes in wearing some outrageous clothes. The Sun Wearing outrageous clothes was very liberating. The Sun It was characterized by outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Being modest types, their gig 'rider' contains no outrageous demands. Times, Sunday Times His world collapses on nights like this because top-class bosses make outrageous demands of their players. The Sun A magazine editor's unforgiving personality and outrageous demands make her trainee assistant's life a nightmare. The Sun At the very least, they made outrageous demands from concert venues. Times, Sunday Times The music itself requires much of us: endless uncomfortable hours in the opera house, with outrageous demands upon not only time but concentration. Times, Sunday Times These outrageous price hikes have happened before tickets for the big match have even gone on sale. The Sun Five-star luxury without the outrageous price tag - our cabins are amongst the largest and most luxuriously appointed, with everything you'd expect from a luxury boutique hotel. Times, Sunday Times The cabbie also often takes the passenger somewhere other than requested and then demands an outrageous price. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And at the turn of the century, outrageous prices of more than 1,000 (about 100,000 today) were recorded for a single specimen. Times, Sunday Times If he gets outrageous prices, he won't last long - he'll chase buyers away. ST And, scarily, no one said that it was a ridiculous claim, an outrageous statement. Times, Sunday Times It was an outrageous statement. Times, Sunday Times There were none of the outrageous statements that, in the past, have made him one of football's more colourful but less attractive characters. The Sun Weird behaviour and outrageous statements help, too, of course. Times, Sunday Times He has rejected some of his more outrageous statements. Times, Sunday Times She sits erect on a banquette against the wall, contemplating this outrageous suggestion. Times, Sunday Times That would be an outrageous suggestion. Times, Sunday Times Of course, she denies such an outrageous suggestion, but she can't prevent herself twinkling with delight at the thought of having got one over a tabloid editor. Times, Sunday Times But she insisted there was no evidence for the 'outrageous suggestion' that lenders had bought peerages. The Sun His flippant delivery and outrageous suggestions while answering phones are indicative that he was nothing but a fraud. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 蛮横的 Japanese: とんでもない |
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