beyond the pale 的定义
- Totally unacceptable: “His business practices have always been questionable, but this last takeover was beyond the pale.” The Pale in Ireland was a territorial limit beyond which English rule did not extend.
beyond the pale 近义词
等同于 taboo
beyond the pale 的近义词 16 个
- banned
- outlawed
- prohibited
- unthinkable
- anathema
- disapproved
- forbidden
- reserved
- restricted
- unmentionable
- frowned on
- illegal
- off limits
- out of bounds
- ruled out
- unacceptable
beyond the pale 的反义词 3 个
等同于 out of bounds
beyond the pale 的近义词 6 个
beyond the pale 的反义词 1 个
更多beyond the pale例句
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- “He turned pale, trembled to a great degree, was much agitated, and began to cry,” she told the court.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- There is a long history of official anti-clericalism in Mexico, but the atmosphere in Tierra Caliente goes far beyond that.
- Louis stood firm, though pale and respectful, before the resentful gaze of Elizabeth.
- Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
- She observed his pale looks, and the distracted wandering of his eyes; but she would not notice either.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- It is only just to say, that the officers exhibited a degree of courage far beyond any thing we had expected from them.