Downright

(adj.) characterized by plain blunt honesty; 'a downright answer'; 'a downright kind of person' .

(adv.) thoroughgoing; 'he is outright dishonest'.

录入:佩内洛普

• I think so, Mas'r, said Tom; the poor crittur's sick and feeble; 't would be downright cruel, and it's what I never will do, nor begin to. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I am brimful of downright questions; and I expect you to be brimful of downright answers. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Deep, downright, faithful earnestness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The girl's state was, to my thinking, downright alarming--and my mistress ought to be informed of it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But woe betide the one who has committed an act of bad faith, treachery, dishonesty, or ingratitude; THEN Edison can show what it is for a strong man to get downright mad. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There's weakness--there's downright ruin in all this. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• But there's the teabell,--do let's go,--and don't say, now, I haven't had one downright serious talk, for once in my life. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• There is nothing the lower orders like better than a little downright good-humoured rating. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Must I listen coolly to downright nonsense--to dangerous nonsense? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Must I at length love her downright, Cary? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• For a space he will be vain, probably a downright puppy, eager for pleasure and desirous of admiration, athirst, too, for knowledge. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Terror seemed to have struck him with downright idiocy--he waited at my heels, he followed me about when I moved like a dog. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Miss Halcombe cut the knot of the little embarrassment forthwith, in her resolute, downright way. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I wouldn't give a fig for all your politics, generally, but I think this is something downright cruel and unchristian. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Upon my honour I believe he is downright in love with you. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Don't long for poison--don't turn out a downright Eve on my hands! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Their victims attempt to resist; they are driven mad by the stings of the drones, and so become downright oligarchs in self-defence. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• And worshipping you downright. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I have seen the necessity of doing good; I have learned the downright folly of being selfish. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Oh, it's worse than foolish; it's downright sneaking, you know,' replied Lowten, nibbing the pen with a contemptuous face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• His jealousy was downright selfishness; for he would be jealous of my pianoforte, if that instrument amused me. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• It is downright labour to him where ladies are concerned. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• But, Mr. Knightley, are you perfectly sure that she has absolutely and downright _accepted_ him. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He was hardly fool enough to drive me to downright desperation. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Their strength lay in the fact that they were unencumbered and downright. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I am a downright man, and I repeat it. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• At first it was downright dulness to Emma. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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