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outrageous

adjective
🔊/aʊtˈreɪdʒəs/
🔊/aʊtˈreɪdʒəs/
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  1. offensive and unacceptable 骇人的；无法容忍的synonym scandalous
    • outrageous behaviour极端无礼的行为
    • ‘That's outrageous!’ he protested.“简直骇人听闻！” 他抗议说。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She thought it absolutely outrageous that he should be promoted over her.他竟然提升为她的上司，她觉得是可忍孰不可忍。
    • How can politicians get away with making such outrageous statements?政客如何摆脱如此残酷的言论？
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • consider something
    • regard something as
    • …
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • completely
    • quite
    • …
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  2. very unusual and intended to shock people slightly反常的；令人惊讶的
    • She says the most outrageous things sometimes.她有时候尽说些耸人听闻的事。🔊🔊
    • outrageous clothes怪里怪气的服装
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • consider something
    • regard something as
    • …
    adverb
    • absolutely
    • completely
    • quite
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French outrageus, from outrage ‘excess’ from ou(l)trage, based on Latin ultra ‘beyond’.