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out VERYaJtadv [not gradable]used to make the meaning of a word stronger完全地, 彻底地Your room needs a good clean out.你的房间需要好好地清扫一番。We walked all day and were tired out/ (esp. Am) all played out (= very tired) by the time we got home.我们走了一整天，回家的时候已经精疲力尽了。Out is also used to show that a problem or difficulty has been solved or has ended.（问题，困难）解决了She didn't want to become involved in their dispute and so left them to fight it out between them (= solve their problems themselves).她不想卷入到他们的争端中去，所以让他们自己去吵出个结果。Can you sort out your differences (= stop disagreeing with each other) and start working together like adults?你们能够像大人一样处理好你们之间的分歧，开始一起工作吗?Out and away is used with superlatives to mean by a great amount.远远地, 大大地She is out and away the best student I have ever taught.她是我教过的最最好的学生。Out-and-out is used to emphasize an esp. unpleasant quality of a person or thing.完全的（地）, 彻头彻尾的(地)That's an out-and-out lie!那完全是个谎话!The whole project was an out-and-out disaster.整个工程彻底失败了。He's an out-and-out (= extreme) nationalist.他是个彻头彻尾的民族主义者。
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