outright: adv.1.完全,彻底;公然,公开;直率地,痛快地;坦白,不客气地,露骨地。2.即刻,马上,当场。短语和例子laugh outright 放声大笑。 be killed outright 被当场杀死。 buy outright 用现金购买。adj.直率的,明白的;十足的,彻底的。 give an outright denial 断然否认。 an outright rogue
The government was plunged into crisis when it failed to muster an outright majority in the senate for its foreign policy 由于其外交政策未能获得上议院绝大多数议员的认可,致使政府陷入这场危机当中。