out-and-out

双解例句

小知识

Out-and-out means “absolute” or “complete,” often in a bad way. A terrible party is an out-and-out disaster, and the people who said they’d bring cupcakes but didn’t told an out-and-out lie.

The adjective out-and-out is particularly useful for providing emphasis, often in a negative way but not always. For example, you can call your favorite teacher an out-and-out hero, or describe a crooked politician as an out-and-out criminal. An angry English teacher might call a copied paper an out-and-out case of plagiarism, and you might bake a cake for your best friend's birthday that's an out-and-out masterpiece. If someone steals it, she’s an out-and-out cake thief.

实用短语

1. out and out

   十足的,彻头彻尾的,完全地,彻底地

2. breed out and out

   非近亲结婚,异种繁殖,详细翻译,异种滋生

3. an out-and-out lie

   彻头彻尾的谎言,彻头彻尾的傻瓜

4. out-and-out egoist

   极端个人主义者

5. out-and-out sweatshop

   不折不扣的血汗工厂,彻头彻尾的血汗工厂

6. an out-and-out

   地地道道

7. out-and-out comedy

   彻头彻尾的喜剧

8. out and out swindler

   货真价实的骗子