hue and cry
n. 大声抗议, 呐喊, (追捕时的)叫喊声
例句与用法:
"Stop thief, " cried Smith as he ran. Others joined him, and soon there was a hue and cry.
"抓小偷,"史密斯边跑边喊。其他人同他一起追喊着,顷刻响起了一片追喊声。
A terrific hue and cry was raised against the new tax proposals.
人们大声疾呼抗议新的税收计划。
But because the victims are not United States citizens, he said, no one has taken the lead in seeking a solution. "They don't have any real spokesperson, " he continued, "That's probably why there is no hue and cry to do something about this problem."
他说,可是因为受害人非美国公民,没有首先出来寻求解决办法。“他们没有真正代言人,”他接着说,“可能正因为如此,没人出来大声抗议设法解决问题。”
大声抗议
They raised a great hue and cry against the new rule.
他们大声提出抗议, 反对新规定。
hue and cryhue and cry1.■喧叫声; 责难声; 报警声; 抗议声The workers raised a great hue and cry against the new rule.工人们吵吵闹闹反对新规定。
见:hue: hue and cry
hue and crynoun- a loud clamour or public outcry
叫嚣声,公众的疾呼
■(historical)a loud cry calling for the pursuit and capture of a criminal. In former English law, the cry had to be raised by the inhabitants of a hundred in which a robbery had been committed, if they were not to become liable for the damages suffered by the victim
(史)喊捉声,捉拿声(追捕罪犯的叫喊声;在以前的英国法律中,在抢劫案发生的百户邑中,居民们必须呼喊抓贼,否则将对受害者遭受的损失负责)
语源- late Middle English: from the Anglo-Norman French legal phrase hu e cri, literally 'outcry and cry', from Old French hu 'outcry' (from huer 'to shout')