outrage: [13] Outrage has no etymological connection with either out or rage. It comes via Old French outrage from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ‘excess’, a noun derived from the Latin preposition ultrā ‘beyond’. This of course has given English the prefix ultra-, and it is also the source of French outré ‘eccentric’, borrowed by English in the 18th century. => outré, ultra
outrage (n.)
c. 1300, "evil deed, offense, crime; affront, indignity," from Old French outrage "harm, damage; insult; criminal behavior; presumption, insolence, overweening" (12c.), earlier oltrage (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *ultraticum "excess," from Latin ultra "beyond" (see ultra-). Etymologically, "the passing beyond reasonable bounds" in any sense; meaning narrowed in English toward violent excesses because of folk etymology from out + rage. Of injuries to feelings, principles, etc., from 1769.
outrage (v.)
c. 1300, "to go to excess, act immoderately," from outrage (n.). From 1580s with meaning "do violence to." Related: Outraged; outraging.
双语例句
1. The decision provoked outrage from women and human rights groups.
这一决定激起了妇女和人权组织的强烈愤慨。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There have been cries of outrage about this expenditure.
这项开支遭到了一些人愤怒的指责。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Tom, this is an outrage!
汤姆，这简直太过分了！
来自柯林斯例句
4. The judge's remarks caused public outrage.
裁判的话引起了公愤。
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5. When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.
