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基本释义

adj.
彻底的
v.
说; 出声

词性变化

实用例句

Neil's ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me.

每次我都很惊讶,尼尔怎么能讲出这么索然无味的东西。

柯林斯例句

A look of utter confusion swept across his handsome face.

他英俊的脸上掠过一丝大惑不解的神情。

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These reports are total and utter rubbish.

这些报告废话连篇。

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The ship's interior was an utter shambles.

船里面一片狼藉。

柯林斯例句

What complete and utter balls!

全是屁话!

柯林斯例句

This, of course, is utter nonsense.

这当然是一派胡言。

柯林斯例句

a scene of utter desolation

满目疮痍的景象

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That's complete and utter nonsense!

那纯属一派胡言乱语!

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He smacked his lips but did not utter a word.

他吧嗒两下嘴,一声也不言语.

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I was at an utter loss what to do.

我完全不知道该怎样做才好.

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This threw the reactionary police into utter panic.

这使反动警察极为惊恐.

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A feeling of utter helplessness washed over him.

一种全然无助的感觉涌上他的心头.

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He was in utter despair.

他完全绝望了.

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I hold those fools in utter contempt.

我根本瞧不起那些蠢货.

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His career is a story of utter disaster.

他在事业上一事无成.

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真题例句

It is utterly confusing to me that people do not recognize this, despite the fact that pretty much anyone who has been a student can tell the difference between their best and worst teachers.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

Franz Kafka once said: Writing is utter solitude , the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

Franz Kafka once said: "Writing is utter solitude , the descent into the cold abyss of oneself."

2015年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

英英释义

Verb
  • 1. articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise;

    "She expressed her anger"

    "He uttered a curse"

  • 2. express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words);

    "She let out a big heavy sigh"

    "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

  • 3. express in speech;

    "She talks a lot of nonsense"

    "This depressed patient does not verbalize"

  • 4. put into circulation;

    "utter counterfeit currency"

Adjective
  • 1. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

    "an arrant fool"

    "a complete coward"

    "a consummate fool"

    "a double-dyed villain"

    "gross negligence"

    "a perfect idiot"

    "pure folly"

    "what a sodding mess"

    "stark staring mad"

    "a thoroughgoing villain"

    "utter nonsense"

  • 2. total;

    "dead silence"

    "utter seriousness"

同义词辨析

say, speak, state, talk, tell, utter

这些动词均有"说,讲"之意。

  • say: 最普通常用词,指用语言表达思想,着重所说的内容。
  • speak: 侧重于说话动作的本身,着重说话的能力而不在内容,可以是长篇大论的演讲,也可以是三言两语的交谈,甚至指简单的开口发声说话。
  • state: 较正式用词,通常指用明确的语言或文字着重地叙述事实,既强调内容又注重语气。
  • talk: 普通用词,侧重指与人交谈时的连续说话,可指单方面较长谈话,和speak一样,着重说活动作而不侧重内容。
  • tell: 普通用词,指把某事告诉或讲述给某人听,口语或书面语均可用。
  • utter: 着重说话的行为,常指声音的使用,突出用噪子发声。

同义词

vt.说,讲;表达

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