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In a way that is completely open about doing something wrong, and shows no shame at all. The whole force of the word is in the missing shame: someone who lies brazenly is not lying secretly and getting caught — they are lying to your face and not caring that you can tell.
In a way完全公然地 that is completely open about doing something wrong做壞事還完全不遮掩, and而且 shows no shame at all一點羞恥心都沒有. The whole force of the word這個字的全部力道 is is in the missing shame就在那份「沒有羞恥」上: someone誰 who lies brazenly如果brazenly地說謊 is is not lying secretly and getting caught不是偷偷說謊被抓到 — they他們 are lying to your face而是當著你的面說謊 and而且 not caring that you can tell不在乎你看得出來.
It goes with verbs of and of looking: 'brazenly lied', 'brazenly cheated', 'brazenly ignored the rules', 'brazenly stared'. Journalists and speakers reaching for outrage use it constantly, and it is nearly always .
It它 goes with搭配 verbs of wrongdoing and of looking做壞事和盯著看的動詞: 'brazenly lied'「brazenly lied」, 'brazenly cheated'「brazenly cheated」, 'brazenly ignored the rules'「brazenly ignored the rules」, 'brazenly stared'「brazenly stared」. Journalists and speakers reaching for outrage記者和想表達憤慨的講者 use it constantly經常使用這個字, and而且 it它 is is nearly always幾乎總是 disapproving帶著不認同的意味.
There is one softer use, about boldness with people — flirting brazenly, walking in brazenly — where it means in a way the speaker may half admire. Related shapes: the adjective 'brazen' ('a brazen lie'), and the verb phrase 'brazen it out', which means to get through an situation by refusing to look ashamed.
There is還有 one softer use一種較溫和的用法, about boldness with people用在對人大膽的行為上 — flirting brazenly大膽地調情, walking in brazenly大搖大擺地走進去 — where在這裡 it它 means意思是 shameless厚臉皮 in a way以一種 the speaker說話的人 may half admire可能還有點半欣賞的方式. Related shapes相關的形式: the adjective形容詞 'brazen'「brazen」 ('a brazen lie'像「a brazen lie」), and和 the verb phrase動詞片語 'brazen it out'「brazen it out」, which它 means意思是 to get through an embarrassing situation撐過一個尷尬的處境 by refusing to look ashamed靠著拒絕表現出羞愧的樣子.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
brazenlyadv/ˈbɹeɪ.zən.li/
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In a brazen (shamelessly shocking and offensive) manner.
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Boldly or cheekily.
- It was playtime - or rather ‘break’ - and I had brazenly joined in a game of football on the school parade ground.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。