Blatant is for something wrong that is not even hiding. A blatant lie is not a clever lie; everyone can see it. A blatant foul, a blatant attempt to cheat — the bad thing sits out in the open, and the person doing it does not look ashamed. That shameless flavour is the heart of the word.

Blatant這個詞 is for用在 something wrong做錯的事 that is not even hiding連藏都不藏。A blatant lie一個blatant的謊言 is not a clever lie不是高明的謊言；everyone can see it人人都看得出來。A blatant foul一個blatant的犯規，a blatant attempt to cheat一次blatant的作弊企圖——the bad thing sits out in the open壞事就明擺在那裡，and the person doing it does not look ashamed做的人也不顯得心虛。That shameless flavour這種不知羞恥的味道 is the heart of the word正是這個詞的核心。

You would not call a kindness blatant, and you would not use it for a secret you only found later. It is a critic’s word: news, arguments, complaints.

You would not call a kindness blatant你不會把善意說成blatant，and you would not use it也不會用它 for a secret you only found later來形容一個後來才發現的秘密。It它 is a critic's word是評論者愛用的詞：news, arguments, complaints新聞、爭論、抱怨裡都會出現。

Though actually, it has a strange start: in the 1500s the poet Edmund Spenser made up a monster called the Blatant Beast, a creature of ugly, loud talk. The “loud and shameless” feeling is still inside the word.

Though actually不過實際上，it has a strange start這個詞的起源很奇特：in the 1500s在16世紀，the poet Edmund Spenser詩人Edmund Spenser艾德蒙．史賓賽 made up a monster called the Blatant Beast虛構了一隻叫做Blatant Beast「饒舌怪獸」的怪物，a creature of ugly, loud talk一種滿嘴難聽、吵鬧言語的生物。The "loud and shameless" feeling這種「吵鬧又不知羞恥」的味道 is still inside the word至今仍留在這個詞裡。

Near it sits flagrant, which also means “openly bad”; blatant leans a little more toward “you are not even trying to hide this.”

Near it sits flagrant它旁邊還有一個flagrant，which also means "openly bad"同樣是「明顯地惡劣」的意思；blatant leans a little more toward但blatant更偏向 "you are not even trying to hide this"「你根本沒想藏」的那種語感。