hue and cry

英 [hjuː ənd kraɪ]

美 [hjuː ənd kraɪ]

大声抗议;强烈抗议

法律

英英释义

noun

• loud and persistent outcry from many people
  1. he ignored the clamor of the crowd
  Synonym:clamorclamoringclamourclamouring

双语例句

• He soon took up the hue and cry of "Mama doesn't make it that way."
  很快，他也开始喊叫哭闹“妈妈不那样做菜。”
• There were no checks, no hue and cry. I was a stranger with no credentials, yet no one even noticed my coming or my going.
  没有人查问，没有人叫喊。我是一个没有任何证件的陌生人，竟没有任何人注意到我的来去。
• The press raised a hue and cry against Feds spying into other people's business through wire-tapping.
  报界掀起一阵叫嚷，反对联邦调查局人员通过窃听电话刺探别人的私事。
• A terrific hue and cry is raised against the new tax proposal.
  人们大声疾呼抗议新的税收计划。
• There was a great hue and cry against the new rule.
  对新条例的抗议呼声很大。
• The old gentleman was not the only person who raised the hue and cry.
  大声呼警的不仅仅是老绅士一人。
• The lenient sentence passed on the convicted rapist caused such a hue and cry that questions were asked in the House of Commons and many people demanded a change in the law.
  对那个强奸犯的宽大判决引起了强烈的抗议，以致在下院中也提出了质问，许多人要求修改法律。
• The explosion was so terrible that people at a distance raised a great hue and cry about an earthquake.
  爆炸声非常怕人，连远处的人都纷纷惊呼地震了。
• Only a few of the private shopowners raised a great hue and cry against the new rule.
  只有几个私营店主大叫大嚷，反对新规定。
• Someone said the bank had failed, and soon there was a hue and cry as people shouted for their money.
  有人说那家银行亏空了，立即响起了一片抢兑的喧闹声。