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单词 scandalously
释义
scandalously
adverb
uk
/ˈskæn.dəl.əs.li/us
/ˈskæn.dəl.əs.li/
in a way or to adegreethatshockspeopleor makes themfeelannoyedorupset:
令人反感地；令人震惊地
scandalouslyexpensive贵得令人反感
Scandalously, theseextraordinaryclaimswon't beinvestigated.令人震惊的是，这些非同寻常的指控并不会被调查。
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scandalous
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  • Research into thediseaseis scandalouslyunderfunded.
  • Heruffledfeathersat severalstaiduniversitiesby scandalouslylivingwith both hiswifeandmistress.
  • InBritainthere is a scandalouslylowproportionoftranslatedliterature.
  • Freekicksandcornerswere scandalouslywasted.
  • Most scandalously of all,almosta millionpoundsoflotterymoneycontributedto thecostofitsproduction.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
  • abhorrent
  • amoral
  • amorality
  • anomie
  • antichrist
  • disgrace
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolutely
  • dissoluteness
  • no goodidiom
  • no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
  • non-ethical
  • obscene
  • obscenely
  • turpitude
  • unconscionable
  • unconscionably
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
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(Definition ofscandalouslyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofscandalously

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But to stress the waste in all this is to miss the point, 'because one got r ich without limit,scandalously'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Now,scandalously, they gain again from the flat rate subsidy of £140 off the poll tax, not just on one home but on both their homes.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
She wasscandalouslydeceived—and there is no doubt about that—by what she considered to be her greatest political friend.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
All the same, he has misled them, grossly misled them,scandalouslymisled them.
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Too many people are losing their homes, having made their mortgage repayments, because of ourscandalouslyunfair and out-of-date leasehold laws.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
A decisive role will be played by an increase in the investment quota which continues to be quitescandalouslylow!
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The nuclear sector confirms that it is prohibitively expensive and benefits fromscandalouslyadvantageous conditions compared with sectors that produce ‘clean’ energy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
The word "scandalously" is almost too weak a word to use.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These high rents are based upon thescandalouslyhigh cost of the development.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In all aspects for farmers' communications are vital, and they have beenscandalouslyneglected.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The old 1857 doctrine was that if both parties behavedscandalously, probably no divorce, but if one party committed one act of adultery, divorce certain.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The distribution of capital wealth in this country isscandalouslyunequal at the moment.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If it wasscandalouslyneglected in 1983, no-one can pretend that it is anything else butscandalouslyneglected now.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Wages must not be depressed to thescandalouslylow level of agricultural wages.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Will he bear in mind that widows' pensions arescandalouslylow?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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