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Not ashamed and not — especially when most people in that situation would be. The word only makes sense against an expectation: someone has done something unusual, cheeky, sentimental, or rude, and instead of shrinking, they carry on openly.
Not ashamed and not embarrassedunabashed（毫不害臊的）就是不覺得羞愧、也不覺得尷尬 especially when most people in that situation would be尤其是在那種情況下大部分人都會覺得尷尬的時候 The word only makes sense against an expectation這個字只有在對照某種預期時才有意義 someone has done something unusual, cheeky, sentimental, or rude某人做了不尋常、厚臉皮、多愁善感、或無禮的事 and instead of shrinking, they carry on openly但他們不但沒有退縮，還大方地繼續做
"He was unabashed by the laughter" means the laughter did not touch him. It often describes a manner rather than a moment: unabashed delight, unabashed curiosity, an unabashed romantic.
"He was unabashed by the laughter"他unabashed by the laughter means the laughter did not touch him意思是那些笑聲完全沒影響到他 It often describes a manner rather than a moment它常常形容的是一種態度而不是一個瞬間 unabashed delight, unabashed curiosity, an unabashed romantic像unabashed delight、unabashed curiosity、an unabashed romantic
Interestingly, the feeling attached to it is often rather than critical — being unabashed about loving a silly song or crying at a film sounds honest and free, not . But it can tilt the other way too, when the thing not being ashamed of is something the speaker thinks should a person. Which way it leans comes entirely from what follows it.
Interestingly有趣的是 the feeling attached to it is often admiring rather than critical它帶的情緒通常是欣賞而不是批評 being unabashed about loving a silly song or crying at a film sounds honest and free大方承認自己喜歡一首蠢歌、或在電影裡哭出來，聽起來很誠實、很自在 not shameless而不是不知羞恥 But it can tilt the other way too不過它也可能往反方向傾斜 when the thing not being ashamed of is something the speaker thinks should embarrass a person當那件不覺得丟臉的事，是說話者認為本來應該讓人尷尬的事 Which way it leans comes entirely from what follows it它往哪個方向傾斜，完全看後面接的是什麼
There is also the adverb unabashedly, which is common. The word is a bit literary — you will meet it far more in writing than in casual speech.
There is also the adverb unabashedly也有副詞unabashedly which is common這個很常見 The word is a bit literary這個字有點文學味 you will meet it far more in writing than in casual speech你在寫作裡遇到它的機會，遠比在口語裡多
組成un- ("not") + abashed ("embarrassed, made to feel ashamed"). Abashed comes to English through Old French from a verb meaning roughly "to leave someone gaping" — the mouth open in surprise. Note that abashed is rare on its own now, while unabashed is common; the negative outlived the positive.
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。
unabashedadj/ˌʌnəˈbæʃt/
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Not disconcerted or embarrassed.
- For the third time Allan looked at his lawyer. And for the third time his lawyer looked back at him quite unabashed.
- Armed with her utter faith in the goodness she must stand unabashed before the arrogance that scoffs at the power of spirit.
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Of actions, emotions, facts, etc.: that are not concealed or disguised, or not eliciting shame.
- [G]oodness is of a modest nature, easily discouraged, and when much privacy, elbowed in early life by unabashed vices, is apt to retire into extreme privacy, [...]
- [...]; a balance not artfully calculated, as her tears and her falterings showed, but resulting naturally from her unabashed sincerity.
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。