downright
英 ['daʊnraɪt]
美 ['daʊnraɪt]
- adj.理解できる; 単純な; 明らかな
- adv.完全に、徹底的に、完全に
英語の語源
- downright (adv.)
- c. 1200, "straight down," from down (adv.) + right (adj.1). Meaning "thoroughly" attested from c. 1300. Old English had dunrihte "downwards," and inverted form right-down is attested 17c.
例文
- 1. She was often downright rude to him.
- 彼女はいつも彼に乱暴だ。
- 2.Staff are often discourteous and sometimes downright rude.
- 社員は常に失礼な態度を取っており、時に横暴を極めている。
- 3.There was suspicion and even downright hatred between them.
- 彼らの間には相互に疑い、甚だしきに至っては極度の憎しみがある。
- 4.The man was downright rude to us.
- こいつは私たちに無礼極まりない。
- 5.His evidence was a blend of smears，half truths and downright lies.
- 彼の証言には誹謗、一部の事実、完全な嘘が混じっている。
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