utter

vt. 发出，表达；发射

adj. 完全的；彻底的；无条件的

n. (Utter)人名；(德、芬)乌特

vt.

发出声音；说，讲；出版（书籍）等；[法]流通使用

adj.

彻底的，完全的，绝对的；

变形

过去式：uttered过去分词：uttered现在分词：uttering第三人称单数：utters

英英释义

utter[ 'ʌtə ]

v.

articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

"He uttered a curse"

同义词：expressverbalizeverbalisegive tongue to

express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)

"He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

同义词：emitlet outlet loose

express in speech

同义词：talkspeakmouthverbalizeverbalise

put into circulation

"utter counterfeit currency"

adj.

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

"utter nonsense"

同义词：arrant(a)complete(a)consummate(a)double-dyed(a)everlasting(a)gross(a)perfect(a)pure(a)sodding(a)stark(a)staring(a)thoroughgoing(a)unadulterated

total

"utter seriousness"

同义词：dead(a)

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“说、讲”的意思，其区别是：

state较正式用词，通常指用明确的语言或文字着重地叙述事实，既强调内容又注重语气。

speak侧重于说话动作的本身，着重说话的能力而不在内容，可以是长篇大论的演讲，也可以是三言两语的交谈，甚至指简单的开口发声说话。

say最普通常用词，指用语言表达思想，着重所说的内容。

tell普通用词，指把某事告诉或讲述给某人听，口语或书面语均可用。

utter着重说话的行为，常指声音的使用，突出用噪子发声。

talk普通用词，侧重指与人交谈时的连续说话，可指单方面较长谈话，和speak一样，着重说活动作而不侧重内容。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

It's an utter mystery.
这完全是个谜。

What utter rubbish he talks!
他完全是胡说！

A feeling of utter helplessness washed over him.
一种全然无助的感觉涌上他的心头。

He wanted to impress this man with his utter willingness to comply and obey.
他要这个人觉得他的绝对屈服与服从。

用作动词(v.)

How can you utter such falsehoods?
你怎么能说出这种谎言？

We didn't utter a word during the test.
我们在测验时没有说过一句话。

How can you utter such falsehoods?
你怎么能说出这种谎言？

We didn't utter a word during the test.
我们在测验时没有说过一句话。

权威例句

utter

utter: English has two distinct words utter, but they come from the same ultimate source – out. The older, ‘complete, thorough-going’ [OE] originated as a comparative form of out (or ūt, as it was in the Old English period), and so morphologically is the same word as outer. It did not begin to be used as an intensive adjective until the 15th century. Utter ‘express openly, say’ [14] was borrowed from Middle Dutch ūteren ‘drive out, announce, speak’, a derivative of Old Low German ūt ‘out’.=> out

utter (adj.)

Old English utera, uterra, "outer, exterior, external," from Proto-Germanic *utizon (cognates: Old Norse utar, Old Frisian uttra, Middle Dutch utere, Dutch uiter-, Old High German uzar, German äußer "outer"), comparative adjective from ut (see out (adv.)). Meaning "complete, total" (i.e. "going to the utmost point") is from early 15c.

utter (v.)

"speak, say," c. 1400, in part from Middle Dutch uteren or Middle Low German utern "to turn out, show, speak," from uter "outer," comparative adjective from ut "out" (see utter (adj.)); in part from Middle English verb outen "to disclose," from Old English utan "to put out," from ut (see out (v.)). Compare German äussern "to utter, express," from aus "out;" and colloquial phrase out with it "speak up!" Formerly also used as a commercial verb (as release is now). Related: Uttered; uttering.

1. But this is utter nonsense.

但是这是完全的废话。

2. When he called on my birthday, I knew he was in utter despair, trying to figure out what life he could possibly have without flying.

当他在我生日那天打给我的时候，我知道他已经彻底绝望，正试图弄清楚自己不能飞行后能过什么样的生活。

3. Thus being impressed with the pluck of the Burmese and their utter helplessness under the thumb of the thugs in power, I resolved to do something on their behalf before I left the country.

在暴徒权力控制下缅甸人的勇气和他们的完全无助给我留下了深刻的印象，我就下了决心，要在离开这个国家前，为他们做些事情。

4. In much of the international community, the calls for our destruction are met with utter silence.

在大部分国际社会中，与毁灭我们的喊叫声相应的是完全的沉默。

5. Can we wonder at the increasing number of drop-outs: young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even begun a career②?

辍学者的数量日渐增加——那些年轻人甚至还没有开始工作便被认为是彻底的失败者——对此，我们难道不感到惊奇吗?

6. Others utter sounds and let their bodies move freely as they "lose control" and allow themselves to be part of the sexual and satisfying experience.

别的一些人发出声音，并让她们的身体仿佛“失控”般地做出动作，以使得她们融入到这足情满意的性体验中去。

7. His characters were parasites whose money allowed them to clear away the distractions of work, responsibility, goals and purposes, and exposed the utter emptiness within.

他镜头下的角色是一群寄生虫，他们的金钱可使他们免受工作、责任、目标和宗旨的纷扰，同时暴露其内部彻底的空虚。

8. They discover that they have some differences, but also that they share many things — including an utter lack of interest in keeping up the feud.

他们发现有了许多不同的地方，同时也有许多相同之处——包括完全没有兴趣继续保持不和。

9. “My immediate reaction was utter sympathy for this woman, ” Mrs. Boesky said in a telephone interview, adding that she does not know Mrs. Madoff.

“我的第一反应是完全同情这个女人， ”博斯基太太在电话采访中说。她并不认识麦道夫太太。

10. The most unpleasant memory is of utter helplessness, of having my every need attended to because I was incapable of doing anything for myself.

最不开心的事情是因为我自己什么都做不了，总要别人来照顾的那种彻底的无助。

11. The mere act of traversing your daily routine places you evenly on a fine line between absolute triumph and utter defeat.

研究你的日常行为，就像是在绝对胜利和彻底失败之间放置了一根细线来平衡。

12. Once you finally realize your head has been filled with utter nonsense, you must then purge such garbage from your mind if you want your brain to be functional again.

一旦你最终意识到大脑被完全的谬论所充斥，那么你只有从思想中清除那些垃圾，然后大脑功能才会正常。

13. Can we wonder at the increasing number of “drop-outs”: young people who are written off as utter failures before they have even embarked on a career?

我们会对数目不断增加的“辍学者”——甚至在年轻人开始事业之前认为他已完全失败——感到诧异吗？

14. I like having a clear weekend and a simple schedule that is flexible with the feeling of utter freedom.

我喜欢这种拥有完整的周末、简单灵活的安排和彻彻底底享受自由的感觉。

15. And what was once a clever and fun genre has turned into a trough of utter crap.

曾经那么聪明有趣的电影流派变成了完完全全的废物槽、垃圾桶。

16. While we welcome China’s willingness to utter commitments in this area, we remain skeptical of its ability or desire to protect foreign innovation.

诚然，我们欢迎中国官员在这一方面发出的承诺，但我们仍然对其能力或保护国外创新的愿望持怀疑态度。

17. It takes two of us to discover truth: one to utter it and one to understand it.

真理是需要我们两个人来发现的：一个人来讲说它，一个人来了解它。

18. But if they were the last words I had to utter - and last words should be very solemn to you and me, Paul, after poor dear Fanny - I would still say I never thought it was.

可是如果我必须说最后几句话的话——保罗，在可怜的亲爱的范妮逝世以后，这最后几句话对你和我都必须是很庄严的——，我仍然要说，我从来不曾认为那是应该的。

19. Even though you feel like utter crap: do it anyway.

即使你觉得这完全像扯淡：不管怎样你去就是了。

20. Even though you feel like utter crap: do it anyway.

即使你觉得这完全像扯淡：不管怎样你去就是了。