首页英语词典downrightdownright英英释意

downright

英 ['daʊnraɪt] 美['daʊnraɪt]
  • adj. 明白的;直率的;显明的
  • adv. 完全,彻底;全然

英英释意


1. characterized by plain blunt honesty;
"a downright answer"
"a downright kind of person"
2. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
"absolute freedom"
"an absolute dimwit"
"a downright lie"
"out-and-out mayhem"
"an out-and-out lie"
"a rank outsider"
"many right-down vices"
"got the job through sheer persistence"
"sheer stupidity"