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out.rage.aUt5reIJnOutrage is a feeling of anger and shock.义愤，愤慨The sadistic murder of a two-year-old boy in Liverpool last week provoked public outrage. [U]上周在利物浦一名虐待狂谋杀了一名两岁男孩，这一事件引起了公众的愤慨。Many politicians and members of the public expressed outrage at the verdict. [U]许多政治家和公众表达了对这一裁决的愤慨。Racist attacks have caused moral outrage. [U]种族主义攻击引起了道义上的忿恨。Public outrage forced the government to stop the road building, and the forest was saved. [U]公众的愤慨逼迫政府停止了道路的修建，森林得以拯救。The sense of moral outrage at the unfairness of the tax was very strong. [U]对于税收不公正所产生的道义上的愤慨是很强烈的。An outrage is also a shocking, morally unacceptable and usually violent action.严重的违法（或败坏道德的）行为The bomb, which killed 15 people, was the worst of a series of terrorist outrages. [C]这颗炸弹炸死了15人，这是恐怖主义者一系列暴行中最严重的一次。It's an outrage (= it is shocking and morally unacceptable) that so much public money should have been wasted in this way. [C + that clause]这么多公众的钱竟然就这样给浪费了，这真是一种令人震惊的道德败坏的行为。
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