- If you do something outright, you do it in a wholehearted, unrestricted way. If you declare outright that you’re never eating another cupcake, that’s the end of that. If you eat one anyway, you told an outright lie.
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- adv. 全部地;立刻地;率直地;一直向前;痛快地
- adj. 完全的,彻底的;直率的;总共的
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1. We’re already closer to outright deflation than at any point since the Great Depression.
从大萧条后,我们已经比任何时候都接近彻底的通货紧缩了。
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2. Of course the level of stock prices have remained far below 2007 peaks, as the Great Recession we have entered is bad enough, even if we avoided outright depression.
当然,股票价格水平仍然远远低于2007年高峰时的股价水平,因为我们已进入了足够糟糕的大衰退中,即使我们避免了彻底萧条。
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3. And ask yourself how much of that bold prediction is based on reliable numbers and how much is outright guesswork.
并且问问自己,那个大胆的预言多少是根据可信的数据,多少是彻底的臆测。
out·right / ˈaʊtraɪt ; NAmE ˈaʊtraɪt / adjective , adverb adjective [only before noun ] 1 complete and total 完全的;彻底的;绝对的 ◆ an outright ban/rejection/victory 完全禁止;断然拒绝;彻底胜利 ◆ She was the outright winner. 她是绝对的优胜者。 ◆ No one party is expected to gain an outright majority. 没有任何政党可望获得绝对多数。 2 open and direct 公开的;直率的;直截了当的 ◆ There was outright opposition to the plan. 该计划遭到公开直接反对。 adverb 1 in a direct way and without trying to hide anything 公开地;直率地;毫无保留地 ◆ Why don't you ask him outright if it's true? 你为什么不直截了当地问他那是否属实? ◆ She couldn't help herself and she laughed outright. 她忍不住大笑起来。 2 clearly and completely 完全彻底;干净利落 ◆ Neither candidate won outright. 两个候选人谁也没干脆利落地获胜。 ◆ The group rejects outright any negotiations with the government. 这个团体断然拒绝与政府进行任何谈判。 3 not gradually; immediately 一下子;骤然间;立即 ◆ Most of the crash victims were killed outright. 飞机坠毁的遇难者大都是立即惨死。 ◆ We had saved enough money to buy the house outright. 我们存了足够的钱,能一次付清款项买下这所房子。 out·right / ˈaʊtraɪt ; NAmE ˈaʊtraɪt /
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