downright

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小知识

The adjective downright is used to emphasize something, or to mean “utterly.” For example, you could say that your brother's loud and junky old car is a downright embarrassment.

Downright works as an adjective or adverb, so you can describe your dad's brownies as downright delicious, your sister's terrible jokes as downright awful, or your loss of the spelling bee as a downright disgrace. In the thirteenth century, downright meant “straight down,” but it had changed by 1300, to instead mean “thoroughly.”

实用短语

1. downright distrust

   不信任的传统,完全不信任

2. downright ill-advised

   十分不明智

3. downright bad luck

   倒霉透顶

4. a downright insult

   十足的侮辱

5. downright gutsy

   明显而且大胆

6. that's downright foolhardy

   那纯粹是蛮干

7. downright and dangerous

   彻头彻尾的危险

8. a downright lie

   弥天大谎,完全通过坚持才得到了这份工作

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词根：downright

downrightness垂直；彻底；直率