New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni characterizes the new restaurant demeanor as "extreme solicitousness tinged with outright desperation." "You need to hug the customer," one owner told him.(《纽约时报》的餐厅评论家弗兰克·布鲁尼将这家新餐厅的风格描述为“极度关怀中夹杂着彻底的绝望”。一位店主对他说:“你应该拥抱一下顾客。”)
An aide was already spinning the senator's defeat as 'almost as good as an outright win'.(一名助手已经开始将那位参议员的失败描述成“几乎是大获全胜”。)
There was outright opposition to the plan.(该计划遭到公开直接反对。)
Stand out bravely and welcome outright!(勇敢站起来,痛快迎接!)
I could buy a place outright.(我可以痛快的买个地方住。)
She had failed to win an outright victory.(她没能大获全胜。)
Kawaguchi finally resorted to an outright lie.(川口最后干脆公开撒谎。)
Why don't you ask him outright if it's true?(你为什么不直截了当地问他那是否属实?)
For example, people avoid disagreeing outright with someone of a higher rank.(例如,人们避免直截了当地与上级意见起冲突。)