offensive and unacceptable synonym scandalous骇人的;无法容忍的 Extra ExamplesShe 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? 政客们怎么能不发表如此令人愤慨的声明呢?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- consider something
- regard something as
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- absolutely
- completely
- quite
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very unusual and intended to shock people slightly 反常的;令人惊讶的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- consider something
- regard something as
- …
- absolutely
- completely
- quite
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French outrageus, from outrage ‘excess’ from ou(l)trage, based on Latin ultra ‘beyond’.