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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++out·ra·geous /aʊtˈreɪdʒəs/ ●○○ adjective  1 BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSvery shocking and extremely unfair or offensive 骇人的;极不公正的;蛮横的 outrageous prices 骇人的价格 an outrageous attack on his policies 对他政策的蛮横攻击it is outrageous (that) It’s outrageous that the poor should pay such high taxes. 要穷人缴纳如此高的税很过分。2 UNUSUALFUNNYextremely unusual and slightly amusing or shocking 极不寻常的,有点可笑[吓人] an outrageous hairstyle 怪里怪气的发型 He says the most outrageous things. 他总是语出惊人。outrageously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
outrageousTo put a kid like Delia in eight-hour isolation for accepting a cigarette from a friend is bizarre and outrageous.Last night Borg's lawyer said her demand was outrageous.They are also eccentric, outrageous, and, at times, totally out of control.I don't think Kenneth was trying to be outrageous at all.She accused Sloan of telling outrageous lies.They showed a scene from Almodovar's outrageous new movie.The Coen brothers make two kinds of films: big and outrageous or small and outrageous.Mansell had become the master of the unexpected, the outrageous pass.The President accused the writer of an outrageous personal attack on his wife.I've always thought it outrageous that the poor have to pay for tax cuts for the rich.
out·ra·geous adjectiveChineseSyllable
and extremely Corpus very offensive unfair or shocking


outrageous
outrageous /aʊtˈreɪdʒəs/ adjective
1. very shocking and extremely unfair or offensive:
    outrageous prices
    an outrageous attack on his policies
    it is outrageous (that)
    It’s outrageous that the poor should pay such high taxes.
2. extremely unusual and slightly amusing or shocking:
    an outrageous hairstyle
    He says the most outrageous things.
—outrageously adverb


out·ra·geousBrE /aʊtˈreɪdʒəs/ 🔊NAmE /aʊtˈreɪdʒəs/ 🔊 adjectivevery shocking and unacceptable 骇人的;无法容忍的 SYN 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。🔊🔊very unusual and slightly shocking 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 out·ra·geous·ly BrE /aʊtˈreɪdʒəsli/ 🔊NAmE /aʊtˈreɪdʒəsli/ 🔊 adverban outrageously expensive meal贵得吓人的一顿饭They behaved outrageously. 他们的行为表现让人难以容忍。🔊🔊