| 单词 | straight arrow |
| 例句 | At Truman, Wayne is known as a straight arrow, Mr. Responsibility. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Except for the one tiny earring signaling his allegiance to some vaguely alternative point of view, George is a perfect straight arrow—crew-cut, hardworking, and hungry for eye contact. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In crime movies, there is usually one straight arrow whom the gangsters respect because he is not completely crooked like them. Joe Queenan's guide to crime cliches 2010-10-17T11:00:00Z We get it — one’s a straight arrow and the other is a rogue. 'Gotham' Recap: Batman as a Goth Boy, the Butler as an Angry Young Man 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Decent, funny, humble, this guy is a straight arrow, beloved of his king and colleagues. ‘Macbeth’ Review: A Decent Man Turns Murderous Tyrant 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z There’s something compellingly off about him; he’s a milk-drinking straight arrow with a monomaniac streak that runs him afoul of department politics. Review: Netflix’s ‘Mindhunter’ Is More Chatter Than Splatter 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Boxed into the characters of principled straight arrow and creative wild card, the brothers strive to establish a shop selling homemade surfing gear. Movie Review: ‘Drift,’ a Tale of Two Aspiring Brothers 2013-08-02T02:00:02Z A straight arrow, Wendell responds with an arched brow and disbelieving laugh, but a friendship or at least a work team is born. | 'The Guard': Mismatched Partners in a Crime Comedy 2011-07-29T00:26:25Z You’re kind of the Long Duk Dong of the film, a straight arrow who cuts loose and ends up in a tree at the end. “As long as humans are around, there will be d*ck jokes”: Adam Scott on the enduring appeal of “Hot Tub Time Machine 2″ 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z She’s one of the youngest characters in the park’s hierarchy and has the air of a go-getter and straight arrow. Are there secret “Westworld” robots? 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z As a teenager, Hanks was a straight arrow wanting to earn a decent paycheck. Tom Hanks on 'Pacific' HBO Series, World War II, History 2010-03-04T23:55:00Z As the straight arrow protagonist, Park expertly pulls off a trick similar to Kristen Wiig in “Bridesmaids”: Her character serves as the narrative engine, while also setting up comedy opportunities for the others. ‘Joy Ride’ Review: A Raunch-Com Roller Coaster 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z It helps that he is not soap opera handsome: He’s a good-looking straight arrow just on the near side of goofiness. Television Review: Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in ‘Graceland’ on USA 2013-06-05T22:10:10Z Everyone plays to type: the scold, the flirt, the prankster, the nice boss, the mean boss, the slacker, the dummy, the straight arrow. Even Superheroes Punch the Clock 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Widely described as an earnest straight arrow who carried himself with understated confidence, he excelled in all high school endeavors save for athletics and was elected president of his class. Kenneth Starr, who led Whitewater probes into Clinton, dies at 76 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z “He was a straight arrow in every way,” Ms. Jorgensen said. Army Whistle-Blower’s Lonely Death Highlights Toll of Mental Illness 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z Even as a child, he was a straight arrow with a sense of duty, honor and country, and he carried that Boy Scout quality into adulthood. Review | America needed a space race hero. John Glenn was the obvious choice. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z “He seemed like such a straight arrow,” Jones said. Federal charges against ex-councilman shock the San Fernando Valley. 'It's like a movie!' 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z The critique of his demeanor implied that the lifelong public servant had lost a step or two, that he’s a shadow of the hardworking straight arrow everyone remembers. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Well, we’re sure there are some straight arrows who dutifully respect their neighbors and restrict their activities. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z "This is a guy who is a straight arrow," Rove also said. Karl Rove says John Durham could probe Comey, McCabe, Strzok role in Russia probe origins 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z We'll have to see how this plays out to know whether Mueller pulled too many punches but for the moment he's all we have left of a "just the facts ma'am" Republican straight arrow. Bill Barr could well be the most odious of Donald Trump's henchmen 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The runner up, If the World Spinned Backwards by Leonardo Martinelli and Arthur Valverde, imagines how different our lives would be if time were no longer a straight arrow always moving forward. The Best of the Quantum Shorts Film Festival 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z “On a softer side, he was really a person of character, always do the right thing and was really just a straight arrow,” Robert Foley said. John Foley, former L.A. Times deputy managing editor and 'a fine, fine journalist,' dies at 94 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z A hard partying young woman turns to her straight arrow sister for help. Virtually every film coming out this fall 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “Bruce is a straight arrow. He was totally nonpartisan, as we all were expected” to be. Bruce Ohr Fought Russian Organized Crime. Now He’s a Target of Trump. 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z And, someone, like myself, who is a little more on the straight and narrow ... arrow ... straight arrow. Silicon Valley’s latest big idea is Tupperware parties for marijuana 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Already Trump’s Fox News outriders are trashing Mueller – another Republican-appointed straight arrow whose honesty has never been credibly questioned – branding him biased, corrupt, even “the head of a crime family”. From Trump’s US to Syria, even the plain truth is tribal | Jonathan Freedland 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z “It’s hard to understand and it’s not understandable, because it doesn’t fit anything else in his life. He was an unusually straight arrow.” Ex-Justice Dept. lawyer offered to sell secret U.S. whistleblower lawsuits to targets of the complaints 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Many parents were skeptical of Goddard, the former theater students said, but their suspicions were often assuaged when they defended him as a straight arrow who advised against drinking, smoking and drugs. The 'Lost Boys': Hollywood producer Gary Goddard accused of sexual misconduct by 8 former child actors 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z He has been using his Twitter feed to try to create the impression that Mueller — the straightest of straight arrows, and a lifelong Republican — is somehow biased against him. Opinion | What if Mueller catches Trump — and it isn’t enough? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z A straight arrow, on the straight and narrow. Silicon Valley’s latest big idea is Tupperware parties for marijuana 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Known as a straight arrow, he led the bureau for 12 years, making him the longest-serving director other than J. Edgar Hoover. Trump’s Attack on Russia Inquiry Is From Familiar Playbook: The Clintons’ 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z The Clinton team was a few shady characters surrounded by a large group of super-competent straight arrows. Brace yourselves for the mother of all investigations 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z “He’s just a straight arrow, no nonsense, keep it real, tell it how it is, honest,” Campbell said. Coughlin’s reputation, rings already paying off for Jaguars 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z News and World Report once singled him out for his integrity, calling him a “straight arrow.” Anthony Beilenson, 10-term congressman who championed Santa Monica Mountains, dies at 84 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z The news organizations didn’t dig up anything on them, there is no reason to suspect them and their worst political enemies probably would describe them as straight arrows. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z A straight arrow since high school – he once gave the police the names of classmates he suspected of selling pot – Drake told me he felt compelled to act. How the Pentagon punished NSA whistleblowers | Mark Hertsgaard 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z The Clinton team was a few shady characters surrounded by a large group of super-competent straight arrows. Brace yourselves for the mother of all investigations 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Dr. Steinberg called him a “straight arrow,” a careful and meticulous rule-follower — in part, perhaps, because “he aspired to do big things, and he never wanted to have any blemish.” Merrick Garland’s Path to Nomination Marked by Deference, With Limits 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Boccardi called Shaw "a straight arrow in the sense of keeping his eye on the center of a story." Former AP White House reporter Gaylord Shaw dies; broke news on Nixon resignation 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The Miami Dolphins coach has been described as a staid, stoic straight arrow. Dolphins’ stoic Joe Philbin says he knows how to lighten up 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z A straight arrow means “move ahead by one foot”. No assembler required 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Carlos PenaVega plays the team’s square-jawed straight arrow and motivational leader, Oscar. ‘Spare Parts’ movie review: Making robots and changing lives 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z But I believe Eastwood’s purpose here is to depict a straight arrow in the fog of a questionable war. Review: ‘American Sniper’ is quintessential Eastwood 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z A green straight arrow was installed Thursday to replace a solid green circle, in a traffic light that governs motorists’ through-lanes. Another change to signals, signs along Second Avenue bike lane 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z In more than two decades in elected office, McDonnell portrayed himself as the straightest of straight arrows. Bob McDonnell’s self-delusion and arrogance led to downfall in corruption trial “Throughout his political career, I think people thought Bob McDonnell was a straight arrow — not a politician who would push the edges on corruption at all,” Mr. Holsworth said. Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell’s trial to test definitions of political corruption 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Brennan, who grew up in New Jersey, is described by those who know him as a "straight arrow" and man of high morals. For CIA chief, Obama taps adviser who defended drone strikes 2013-01-07T23:22:19Z Defense lawyers say they’ll argue Gupta was a straight arrow who only shared public information with the billionaire hedge fund boss. Trial of Ex-Goldman Sachs Board Member Rajat Gupta Begins 2012-05-21T20:45:14Z A green straight arrow, he said, would help drivers understand which lights govern through-traffic and which ones govern the left-turn lane. Another change to signals, signs along Second Avenue bike lane 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z “They love this guy because he’s a straight arrow, he’s level-headed, and he’s going to do the right thing for our country.” Mitt Romney: Romney Reassures top Donors in New York 2012-03-15T02:22:04Z Carter said his reputation as a self-absorbed straight arrow burdened him. Gary Carter, Exuberant Power-Hitting Catcher, Dies at 57 2012-02-16T22:32:44Z “My husband is a straight arrow,” she said from the family’s waterside home, which is assessed at $1.3 million. DealBook: 2 Japanese Bankers at Heart of Olympus Fee Inquiry 2011-10-24T01:25:44Z “He figured if these people met him, they would see who he was — a straight arrow.” James P. Hosty, Investigated Oswald, Dies at 86 2011-06-20T01:42:26Z “It’s unrealistic to think of it as straight arrow back up.” Borrowing Costs Soar to Highest in Eight Months: Mexico Credit 2011-06-13T13:59:16Z But through the steady beam of the search-light could be seen the straight arrows of the rain, and the vast corn-fields hissed as the heavy drops descended. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z McChrystal, while good humored, was very much a straight arrow with a strong sense of personal integrity. A General Who Speaks His Mind (Even When He Shouldn't) 2010-06-22T11:15:00Z “You could see them straining to manufacture one of those ‘personality profiles’ about White, and all he would give them was the Blue Suit and a straight arrow. Robert M. White, Who Broke Limits in Flight, Dies at 85 2010-03-23T04:49:00Z First the strong bow that bends to our hand, then the straight arrow, tough and trim, and the feathers that wing it to its mark. Dramatic Reader for Lower Grades Then Karna, that warrior acquainted with the highest of weapons, filled with wrath, pierced Bhima with nine broad-headed and straight arrows made entirely of iron. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And then all at once hundreds and thousands of straight arrows fell upon Drona's car. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva Strong straight arrows with red feathered tips sped upward to the blue sky. Old Indian Legends His old sinew-backed hickory bow was examined and strung, and a fine straight arrow with a steel head carefully selected for the test. Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains The scheme develops before one as one looks, and always when one thinks one has completed the web another and yet another straight arrow of a line reveals itself across the page. First and Last Himself holding the reins of his steeds, he once more poured over Bhima a shower of straight arrows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I shall today, with my straight arrows, extirpate the Kuru forest having hands and feet and heads and backs and arms for the branches of its trees. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva And he pierced every one of the protectors of Karna with three straight arrows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Having covered all the points of the compass, cardinal and subsidiary, with straight arrows, he pierced Vasudeva with three arrows in the right arm. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The son of Pandu then slew the four steeds of his antagonist with some straight arrows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Afflicted by his illustrious nephew, Shalya afflicted his nephew in return with many straight arrows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 When man is there, even amongst all the gods and the Asuras, that will endure to stand in the teeth of the straight arrows shot from my bow? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva Loud was the noise produced by those straight arrows, as also by those combatants that were covered with them in that battle by Savyasaci. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Then Vikarna, the son of Dhritarashtra, pierced Arjuna—that slayer of hostile heroes, by means of sharp and straight arrows furnished with vulturine wings. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva Do thou like a leader of elephants rushing at a herd, pierce the ranks of the foe with straight arrows of golden wings, discharged from thy bow. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva |
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