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flat out

/flat-out/US // ˈflætˈaʊt //

平坦的,平地而起,平淡无奇的,平淡无奇

Related Words

all-out全力以赴,全力以赴的,全力投入,全力full blast全速前进,全速推进,全力以赴,全力以赴地head over heels踺子,俯首称臣,俯首帖耳,倾心lickety-split迅捷,迅雷不及掩耳之势,迅雷不及掩耳,快捷all the way一路走来,一路来,一路走來,一路行来the whole nine yards九码,九码中特to the max到最大,到最大值,到最大限度,到最多unrestrainedly肆无忌惮地,肆意地,肆无忌惮,肆无忌惮的wide open开阔,开阔的,开阔的空间,开阔的视野

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : moving or working at top speed or with maximum effort; all-out: a flat-out effort by all contestants.
    • : downright; thoroughgoing: Many of the paintings were flat-out forgeries.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adv.at top speed
Synonyms
all out全部出局,全部结束,全部出场,全部出炉at full speed全速前进,全速行驶,全速运行,全速前进中at full throttle全速前进,开足马力,全速行驶,全速前进中bluntly直截了当地,直言不讳地,直言不讳地说,直言不讳directly直接,直接的,直接进行,直接地full-bore全口径,全口径的,全套的,全速前进openly公开地,公然,公开,公开的peak performance峰值性能,巅峰表现,峰值表现,巅峰性能wide open开阔,开阔的,开阔的空间,开阔的视野

Examples

  • Really, is it any wonder that fluoride should freak people out?

  • For a while yoga and pilates classes were sought out at luxury gyms like Equinox.

  • On Thursday, Garcetti ruled himself out of the race to succeed Boxer.

  • Police officials told the AP that they came out with guns blazing.

  • “I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.

  • And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.

  • Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

  • Liszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"

  • The most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.

  • Squinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.

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