VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be駭人聽聞▸➤consider sth, regard sth as, see sth as認為⋯不能容忍◇She considered it absolutely outrageous that he should be promoted over her.他竟被提升到她之上,她覺得難以忍受。ADVERB➤absolutely, completely, quite, totally絕對無法忍受;相當駭人聽聞▸➤morally道德敗壞的
outrageous ♦︎ shocking ♦︎ disgraceful ♦︎ shameful ♦︎ criminal ♦︎ scandalous ♦︎ deplorable ♦︎ unforgivableThese words all describe actions, behaviour and situations that shock you and are unacceptable.這些詞均表示行爲、表現和情形令人震驚且無法接受的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to be outrageous / shocking / disgraceful / shameful / scandalous / deplorable / unforgivable that...◆outrageous / shocking / disgraceful / shameful / criminal / scandalous / deplorable behaviour◆an outrageous / a shocking / a disgraceful / a shameful / a criminal / a scandalous waste◆an outrageous / a shocking / a scandalous story◆a shocking / disgraceful / shameful / scandalous / deplorable situation / condition◆a shocking / disgraceful / shameful / criminal / deplorable state◆quite outrageous / shocking / disgraceful / deplorable / unforgivable◆utterly outrageous / disgraceful / scandalous / deplorable◆absolutely outrageous / shocking / disgraceful / scandalous■outrageous aʊtˈreɪdʒəs that offends or upsets you because you think it is morally wrong令人氣憤的;惹人憎惡的;無法容忍的◆'That's outrageous!' he protested.“簡直駭人聽聞!”他抗議說。◆She thought it absolutely outrageous that he should be promoted over her.他竟然提升爲她的上司,她覺得是可忍孰不可忍。 see also outrage ⇨ angernoun, outrage ⇨ angerverb, outraged ⇨ furious▸outrageously
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◆They behaved outrageously.他們的行爲表現讓人難以容忍。◆The meal was outrageously expensive.這頓飯貴得嚇人。■shockingthat offends or upsets you because it is morally wrong or very serious令人氣憤的;惹人憎惡的;駭人聽聞的◆What a shocking waste of money!如此揮霍,令人咋舌!◆Today we reveal the shocking truth about heroin addiction among the young.今天我們披露年輕人服用海洛因成瘾這一駭人的真實情況。 see also shock ⇨ offendverb▸shockingly
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◆a shockingly high mortality rate高得驚人的死亡率NOTE辨析 Outrageous or shocking?To talk about behaviour or actions that you think are morally wrong you can use either word.描述不道德的行爲時,用這兩個詞均可◆outrageous / shocking behaviour令人憤慨的行爲◆a / an outrageous / shocking act / waste / story / suggestion駭人聽聞的行爲;令人咋舌的浪費;聳人聽聞的故事;極端無禮的暗示If you are offended by sth because it seems unfair to you personally, use outrageous.遇到對你個人來說似乎是不公平的事,因而感到氣憤時,用outrageous◆She thought it shocking that he should be promoted over her.For situations that are very serious or dangerous, use shocking.描述非常嚴重或危險的情況用shocking◆the outrageous truth about heroin addiction■disgracefulvery bad or unacceptable; that people should feel ashamed about不光彩的;可恥的;丢臉的◆It's disgraceful that none of the family tried to help her.家裏竟無人肯幫助她,太不像話了。 see also disgrace ⇨ disgracenoun12▸disgracefully
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◆He considered that Liza was behaving disgracefully.他認爲莉莎的行爲很不光彩。■shameful (ratherformal) disgraceful不光彩的;可恥的;丢臉的◆It was shameful the way she was treated.她竟然受到那樣的對待,太不像話了。◆We reveal one of the most shameful secrets of modern US history.我們揭露了美國現代史上最可恥的一個秘密。 see also shame ⇨ disgracenoun2▸shamefully
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◆The buildings have been shamefully neglected.這些大樓一直無人照管,真不像話。NOTE辨析 Shameful or disgraceful?Disgraceful is more frequent in spoken English than shameful, especially in British English. Shameful, but notdisgraceful, is used to describe secrets and people's secret thoughts.與shameful相比,disgraceful較常用在口語中,在英式英語中尤其如此。描述secret和secret thought用shameful,不用disgraceful。■criminalthat you think is morally wrong道德上錯誤的;不道德的◆This is a criminal waste of resources.這是一種浪費資源的可恥行爲。 see also crime ⇨ disgracenoun1■scandalousthat offends you because you think it is morally wrong令人氣憤的;可恥的;不可原諒的◆It is scandalous that he has not been punished.他沒有受到懲罰,天理難容啊。◆The decision is nothing short of scandalous.這個決定實在令人憤慨。ⓘ Scandalous actions and situations are ones that you think are actually immoral, rather than ones that you think are unfair to you personally. They often involve people with power or money being treated much better than other people. * scandalous指行爲和情形有違道德,而非僅對你個人不公;常指有錢或有勢的人待遇要好得多,令人憤慨。▸scandalously
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◆scandalously low pay低得令人憤慨的工資■deplorable dɪˈplɔːrəbl (formal) very bad and unacceptable, often in a way that shocks people糟透的;令人震驚的;令人憤慨的◆They were living in the most deplorable conditions.他們生活在最糟糕的環境裏。◆The acting was deplorable.那演技糟透了。 see also deplore ⇨ disapprove▸deplorably
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◆They behaved deplorably.他們的表現糟透了。■unforgivableˌʌnfəˈgɪvəbl; NAmEˌʌnfərˈgɪvəbl(of sb's behaviour) so bad or unacceptable that you cannot forgive the person(某人的行爲)不可原諒的,難以饒恕的◆It was an unforgivable thing to say.那麽說真是不可原諒。◆He had committed the unforgivable sin-he had betrayed his friends.他犯下了不可饒恕的罪過-出賣朋友。OPPforgivableⓘ Forgivable behaviour is behaviour that you can understand and forgive. * forgivable指行爲可原諒的、可寬恕的◆His rudeness was forgivable in the circumstances.他當時的無禮情有可原。▸unforgivably