BADused to emphasize that something is completely bad or untrue 十足地,彻底地〔用来强调某事物极差、极不真实〕
Jed’s downright lazy.
杰德这个人懒透了。
It’s downright disgusting!
简直太恶心了!
—downrightadjectiveadj [only before noun]
That’s a downright lie!
那是彻头彻尾的谎言!
Examples from the Corpus
downright• Now I was getting downrightedgy.• I thought my wedding was, despite its lacking the familiar trappings of tradition, downrightlegal.• She had made trouble whenever she could, stealing her boyfriends by telling downright lies.• I tried to make polite small talk with him although he seemed distinctly taciturn, if not downrightmoody.• Other trees are downrightmysterious, such as the yellowlocust.• That means attempts to nab the downrightnasty might just nail a few well-heeled, flannel-shirted shoppers in the process.• Tom can be downright nasty sometimes.• But that said, the diesel costs £16,600, which is downrightpreposterous.• Oooo ... makes me feel downrightsanctified, just thinking about it!