outrage: [13] Outrage has no etymological connection with either out or rage. It comes via Old French outrage from Vulgar Latin *ultrāticum ‘excess’, a noun derived from the Latin preposition ultrā ‘beyond’. This of course has given English the prefix ultra-, and it is also the source of French outré ‘eccentric’, borrowed by English in the 18th century. => outré, ultra
outrage (n.)
c. 1300, "evil deed, offense, crime; affront, indignity," from Old French outrage "harm, damage; insult; criminal behavior; presumption, insolence, overweening" (12c.), earlier oltrage (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *ultraticum "excess," from Latin ultra "beyond" (see ultra-). Etymologically, "the passing beyond reasonable bounds" in any sense; meaning narrowed in English toward violent excesses because of folk etymology from out + rage. Of injuries to feelings, principles, etc., from 1769.
outrage (v.)
c. 1300, "to go to excess, act immoderately," from outrage (n.). From 1580s with meaning "do violence to." Related: Outraged; outraging.
雙語例句
1. The decision provoked outrage from women and human rights groups.
這一決定激起了婦女和人權組織的強烈憤慨。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There have been cries of outrage about this expenditure.
這項開支遭到了一些人憤怒的指責。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Tom, this is an outrage!
湯姆，這簡直太過分了！
來自柯林斯例句
4. The judge's remarks caused public outrage.
裁判的話引起了公憤。
來自《權威詞典》
5. When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.