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 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。
• They raised a great hue and cry against the new rule.
  他们大声提出抗议，反对新规定。
• 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。”
• 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。
• Raise a hue and cry against new tax proposals
  喧嚷着反对征收新税的建议
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just as the show ended, he heard a huge hue and cry outside.
  演出刚结束，他就听到外面愤怒的高声抗议。