【同义词辨析】 2020-10-19 完全outright-arrant
outright: implies that what is described has gone to the extreme and can be made neither better nor worse or is past recall: he is an ~ fool. (outright共有3个意思: 1完全full and complete,如they rejected the idea outright他们完全拒绝这个想法,如the painting is now owned outright by the museum这幅画现在完全归博物馆所有,如an outright ban on gun完全禁枪,如本例完全的傻瓜 2立即quickly and completely,如several people were killed outright and many were injured有几个人立即死亡,许多人受伤,如we had enough money to buy the house outright我们有足够的钱,能立即(一次性付款)买下这栋房子 3直接的公开的in a direct and open way,如some people laughed outright when he told us his idea他说出他的想法时,有人直接笑出声来,如she couldn't help herself and she laughed outright她忍不住大笑起来) (past recall=beyond recall,可以表示1想不起来 2无法挽回、一去不复返cannot be brought back,这里用2)
out-and-out: applies to what is completely as described at all times or in every part or from every point of view: this is an ~ fraud. 用两个out强调完全used to emphasize a description,如an out-and-out lie/liar完全的谎言/骗子
unmitigated: applies to what is or seems to be so utterly what it is as to be beyond the possibility of being lessened, softened, or relieved: an ~ evil. 只用于贬义词,又如the party was an unmitigated disaster聚会完全是场灾难
arrant: applies to something that is all that is implied by the term, usually a term of abuse, that follows: an ~ coward.
outright完全: 指完全到了极限,无法更进一步,out-and-out完全: 指完全如此,无论任何时间部分视角,unmitigated完全(贬): 指完全恶劣,以至于无法缓解,arrant完全: 指完全如后边的恶语(term of abuse恶语)所述
记忆方法: 1)首字母OOUA完全是元音<==完全
2)练习一下
3)完全的意思是无限的mean without limit or qualification. qualify 1有资格 2限定