| 单词 | outgoing |
| 释义 | outgoing (once / 3257 pages) 1adj 2adj The adjective outgoing describes someone with a friendly, easy personality. Your outgoing friend might not understand how hard it is for shy people to speak in front of an audience. If you're the only member of your outgoing family who is reserved, you might feel silent and invisible in their sociable midst. People who are outgoing are perfectly comfortable in social situations. A completely different meaning of outgoing describes someone who is departing, like an employee who will soon retire, or an outgoing club treasurer who isn't running for re-election. WORD FAMILYoutgo: outgoing, outgone, outwent USAGE EXAMPLESSeen as a progressive, Harris was endorsed by the outgoing senator for California, Barbara Boxer, and Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren in her Senate run. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) “He’s got these much more important objectives to him than getting into a tit-for-tat response with the outgoing administration.” Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Describe her in three words Fun, outgoing, enthusiastic. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1 adj at ease in talking to others 2Syn extroverted, forthcoming sociable inclined to or conducive to companionship with others 1adj leaving a place or a position an outgoing steamship Syn|Ant outbound, outward, outward-bound that is going out or leaving effluent, outflowingthat is flowing outward outdirected outward or serving to direct something outward past, preceding, retiringof a person who has held and relinquished a position or office pastearlier than the present time; no longer current incoming arriving at a place or position inbound, inwarddirected or moving inward or toward a center designateappointed but not yet installed in office electelected but not yet installed in office future, next, succeeding(of elected officers) elected but not yet serving indirected or bound inward inflowing, influentflowing inward inpouringpouring inward futureyet to be or coming 2adj retiring from a position or office the outgoing president Ant incoming entering upon a position of office vacated by another |
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