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

• 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。
• Just about every time a police officer dies in the line of duty, there's a hue and cry for some kind of preventive action. Usually, nothing of consequence is done.
  几乎每次警察殉职，都有一阵大声疾呼采取防范措施。通常不过敷衍了事。
• 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。
• 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。”
• The hue and cry has gone up on both sides of the Atlantic among the righteous: raise the minimum wage!
  大西洋两岸的正义之声越发响亮：提高最低工资吧！
• There was a great hue and cry against the new rule.
  对新条例的抗议呼声很大。
• 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。
• When they discover what has happened there is bound to be a hue and cry.
  他们一旦发现已经发生的事，定会气势汹汹抗议的。
• The workers raised a great hue and cry against the new rule.
  工人们吵吵闹闹反对新规定。
• Amidst all the recent talk of boom vs. bubble, there is a hue and cry that the current environment may smack of 1999.
  在近期有关繁荣期还是泡沫期的讨论中，很多人认为当前的市场环境有点像1999年。